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Nikitkina AI, Bikmulina PY, Gafarova ER, Kosheleva NV, Efremov YM, Bezrukov EA, Butnaru DV, Dolganova IN, Chernomyrdin NV, Cherkasova OP, Gavdush AA, Timashev PS. Terahertz radiation and the skin: a review. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2021; 26:JBO-200356VSSR. [PMID: 33583155 PMCID: PMC7881098 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.26.4.043005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
SIGNIFICANCE Terahertz (THz) radiation has demonstrated a great potential in biomedical applications over the past three decades, mainly due to its non-invasive and label-free nature. Among all biological specimens, skin tissue is an optimal sample for the application of THz-based methods because it allows for overcoming some intrinsic limitations of the technique, such as a small penetration depth (0.1 to 0.3 mm for the skin, on average). AIM We summarize the modern research results achieved when THz technology was applied to the skin, considering applications in both imaging/detection and treatment/modulation of the skin constituents. APPROACH We perform a review of literature and analyze the recent research achievements in THz applications for skin diagnosis and investigation. RESULTS The reviewed results demonstrate the possibilities of THz spectroscopy and imaging, both pulsed and continuous, for diagnosis of skin melanoma and non-melanoma cancer, dysplasia, scars, and diabetic condition, mainly based on the analysis of THz optical properties. The possibility of modulating cell activity and treatment of various diseases by THz-wave exposure is shown as well. CONCLUSIONS The rapid development of THz technologies and the obtained research results for skin tissue highlight the potential of THz waves as a research and therapeutic instrument. The perspectives on the use of THz radiation are related to both non-invasive diagnostics and stimulation and control of different processes in a living skin tissue for regeneration and cancer treatment.
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- World-Class Research Center “Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare,” Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- World-Class Research Center “Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare,” Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- World-Class Research Center “Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare,” Moscow, Russia
- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology,” Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- World-Class Research Center “Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare,” Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Laser Physics of the Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- World-Class Research Center “Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare,” Moscow, Russia
- N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Department of Polymers and Composites, Moscow, Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemistry Department, Moscow, Russia
- Address all correspondence to Peter S. Timashev,
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Vilagosh Z, Lajevardipour A, Wood A. An empirical formula for temperature adjustment of complex permittivity of human skin in the terahertz frequencies. Bioelectromagnetics 2018; 40:74-79. [PMID: 30476358 DOI: 10.1002/bem.22156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Zoltan Vilagosh
- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.,Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Swinburne Node, Melbourne, Australia
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- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.,Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Swinburne Node, Melbourne, Australia
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- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.,Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Swinburne Node, Melbourne, Australia
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