Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference (한국광학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2000.08a
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- Pages.118-120
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- 2000
Terahertz Transmission Images For Medical Applications
테라헤르쯔 전자파 의료 영상 기술
- Jaeyoung Ryu (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
- Yuchul Jung (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolog) ;
- Seungyong Baek (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolog) ;
- Lee, Jongjoo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolog) ;
- Kim, Joungho (Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolog) ;
- Soontae Kwon (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital)
- Published : 2000.08.01
Abstract
Currently, x-ray is mostly used for the diagnosis of dental cavity and osteoporosis. The osteoporosis is broadly defined as a decrease in the amount of bone mass per unit volume of the bone. Clinically the manifestation of low bone mass presents a clinical problem to the general population as an increase in fracture risk and especially in aging population[1]. Although the amount of the irradiated x-ray to the human body for the clinical diagnosis is relatively small, the exposition of the x-ray to the human body should be minimized as much as possible, since the x-ray is an ionizing radiation. To investigate other possible systems replacing X-ray, ultrasonic imaging and MRI(Magneto-Resonance-Imaging) systems were studied. Unfortunately, an effective and safe diagnosis tool for detecting the dental cavity and the osteoporosis is currently lacking. (omitted)
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