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The future role of terahertz technology in the medical
industry is only beginning to be realised. Recently terahertz has
been used to investigate diseased tissue - in 1999 the first terahertz
images of tooth decay (caries) were published, followed by the first
terahertz images of skin cancer in 2001. The ability of terahertz
to distinguish between diseased and normal tissue highlights the role
of this technology as a pre-operative surgical tool for identifying
the spread of skin cancer below the surface of the tissue, which cannot
be seen by the naked eye. As terahertz is able to see through surgical
dressings it may also play an important role in the monitoring of
wound healing. The additional sensitivity of terahertz to water and
ability to image skin in vivo, opens up potential of terahertz in
both the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries for assessing the
effectiveness of topical therapies and creams.
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