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KMID : 1145520190050020120
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Journal of Radiopharmaceuticals and Molecular Probes
2019 Volume.5 No. 2 p.120 ~ p.128
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Terahertz (THz) imaging technology for therapeutic and diagnostic applications of cancer incorporating with radiopharmaceutical fields
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Min Sun-Hong
Cho Il-Sung
Park Cha-Won
Jung Won-Gyun
Hwang Won-Taek
Kim Min-Ho
Lee Kyo-Chul
Lee Yong-Jin
Lim Sang-Moo
Hong Bong-Hwan
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Abstract
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Radiopharmaceuticals include therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals are administered to the body and ingested at specific organs to detect radiationemitted from the site and to construct an image to diagnose the disease. Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals areused to treat diseases by killing cells with radiation emitted from radiopharmaceuticals, such as cancer cells,vascular endothelial cells, arthritis, and Alzheimer's disease. The application possibilities of terahertz imagingtechnology for the combination of radiopharmaceuticals and molecular imaging medicine are discussed andexperimental methods are presented. Terahertz imaging is expected to be a powerful technique because ofthe effective piercing feasibility, which enables to perform safe and high resolutive imaging. To investigate theresponse of cell to the terahertz wave, both the pulsed and CW THz wave systems are employed. THz imagingof a rat’s paraffin-embedded epithelial cell with tumor is studied in advance.
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KEYWORD
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Terahertz (THz) imaging, Nonionizing radiation, Compact imaging devices
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