Application Progress of Terahertz in Biology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced VLSI design methods; integrated micro sensor systems; terahertz
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
THz waves penetrate various materials with little or no losses and provide a 3D image of the material or object under investigation, similarly to X-rays; however, they do not ionize living cells, are not harmful, and can be used for body scanners at security checkpoint as clothes are transparent for THz waves. Consequently, THz spectroscopy is used for cancer diagnostics in vitro, and is a good candidate to perform this in vivo. Initial lab investigations are confirming this, which may be a huge step in providing cancer diagnoses without cutting painful skin samples.
THz images of plant leaves provide the structure of the leaf and a map of its water contents.
Prof. Dr. Janez Trontelj
Dr. Andrej Švigelj
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- THz waves
- THz spectroscopy
- X-rays
- cancer diagnosis
- THz images
