scholarly journals The medical application of terahertz technology in non-invasive detection of cells and tissues: opportunities and challenges

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 9354-9363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Yu ◽  
Liu Hao ◽  
Tang Meiqiong ◽  
Huang Jiaoqi ◽  
Liu Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Medical Application ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Terahertz Technology

Terahertz (THz = 1012 Hz) spectroscopy has shown great potential in biomedical research due to its unique features, such as the non-invasive and label-free identification of living cells and medical imaging.

scholarly journals Relating membrane potential to impedance spectroscopy

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugen Gheorghiu
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Lipid Vesicles ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Net Charge ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cellular Medium

Abstract Non-invasive, label-free assessment of membrane potential of living cells is still a challenging task. The theory linking membrane potential to the low frequency α dispersion exhibited by suspensions of spherical shelled particles (presenting a net charge distribution on the inner side of the shell) has been pioneered in our previous studies with emphasis on the permittivity spectra. Whereas α dispersion is related to a rather large variation exhibited by the permittivity spectrum, we report that the related decrement presented by the impedance magnitude spectrum is either extremely small, or occurs (for large cells) at very small frequencies (~mHz) explaining the lack of experimental bioimpedance data on the matter. We stress that appropriate choice of the parameters (as revealed by the microscopic model) may enable access to membrane potential as well as to other relevant parameters when investigating living cells and charged lipid vesicles. We analyse the effect on the low frequency of the permittivity and impedance spectra of: I. Parameters pertaining to cell membrane i.e. (i) membrane potential (through the amount of the net charge on the inner side of the membrane), (ii) size of the cells/vesicles, (iii) conductivity of the membrane; II. Parameters of the extra cellular medium (viscosity and conductivity). The applicability of the study has far reaching implications for basic (life) sciences (providing non-invasive access to the dynamics of relevant cell parameters) as well as for biosensing applications, e.g. assessment of cytotoxicity of a wide range of stimuli.

scholarly journals Continuous-Wave THz Imaging for Biomedical Samples

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Yaya Zhang ◽  
Chuting Wang ◽  
Bingxin Huai ◽  
Shiyu Wang ◽  
Yating Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Biomedical Imaging ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Biological Tissues ◽  
Thz Spectroscopy ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Thz Imaging ◽  
Malignant Tumours ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Imaging Application

In the past few decades, the applications of terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and imaging technology have seen significant developments in the fields of biology, medical diagnosis, food safety, and nondestructive testing. Label-free diagnosis of malignant tumours has been obtained and also achieved significant development in THz biomedical imaging. This review mainly presents the research status and prospects of several common continuous-wave (CW) THz medical imaging systems and applications of THz medical imaging in biological tissues. Here, we first introduce the properties of THz waves and how these properties play a role in biomedical imaging. Then, we analyse both the advantages and disadvantages of the CW THz imaging methods and the progress of these methods in THz biomedical imaging in recent ten years. Finally, we summarise the obstacles in the way of the application of THz bio-imaging application technology in clinical detection, which need to be investigated and overcome in the future.

Applying label-free dynamic mass redistribution technology to frame signaling of G protein–coupled receptors noninvasively in living cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 1748-1760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Schröder ◽  
Johannes Schmidt ◽  
Stefanie Blättermann ◽  
Lucas Peters ◽  
Nicole Janssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
G Protein Coupled Receptors ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Dynamic Mass ◽  
Mass Redistribution ◽  
G Protein Coupled ◽  
Free Dynamic

Label-free non-invasive classification of rice seeds using optical coherence tomography assisted with deep neural network

2021 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 106861
Author(s):  
Deepa Joshi ◽  
Ankit Butola ◽  
Sheetal Raosaheb Kanade ◽  
Dilip K. Prasad ◽  
S.V. Amitha Mithra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Optical Coherence Tomography ◽  
Deep Neural Network ◽  
Optical Coherence ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Rice Seeds

scholarly journals Non-Invasive Identification of Nutrient Components in Grain

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3124
Author(s):  
Charles Farber ◽  
A. S. M. Faridul Islam ◽  
Endang M. Septiningsih ◽  
Michael J. Thomson ◽  
Dmitry Kurouski
Keyword(s):  
Rice Variety ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Variety Identification ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Digital Farming

Digital farming is a modern agricultural concept that aims to maximize the crop yield while simultaneously minimizing the environmental impact of farming. Successful implementation of digital farming requires development of sensors to detect and identify diseases and abiotic stresses in plants, as well as to probe the nutrient content of seeds and identify plant varieties. Experimental evidence of the suitability of Raman spectroscopy (RS) for confirmatory diagnostics of plant diseases was previously provided by our team and other research groups. In this study, we investigate the potential use of RS as a label-free, non-invasive and non-destructive analytical technique for the fast and accurate identification of nutrient components in the grains from 15 different rice genotypes. We demonstrate that spectroscopic analysis of intact rice seeds provides the accurate rice variety identification in ~86% of samples. These results suggest that RS can be used for fully automated, fast and accurate identification of seeds nutrient components.

scholarly journals Tethered Lipid Membranes as a Nanoscale Arrangement Towards Non-Invasive Analysis of Acute Pancreatitis

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 755
Author(s):  
Rima Budvytyte ◽  
Akvile Milasiute ◽  
Dalius Vitkus ◽  
Kestutis Strupas ◽  
Aiste Gulla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Lipid Membranes ◽  
Electrochemical Impedance ◽  
Membrane Integrity ◽  
Electrochemical Technique ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Analytical System ◽  
Shock Proteins

Extracellular heat shock proteins (HSPs) mediate immunological functions and are involved in pathologies such as infection, stress, and cancer. Here, we demonstrated the dependence of an amount of HSP70 and HSP90 in serum vs. severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) on a cohort of 49 patients. Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) have been developed to investigate HSPs’ interactions with tBLMs that can be probed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results revealed that HSP70 and HSP90 interact via different mechanisms. HSP70 shows the damage of the membrane, while HSP90 increases the insulation properties of tBLM. These findings provide evidence that EIS offers a novel approach for the study of the changes in membrane integrity induced by HSPs proteins. Herein, we present an alternative electrochemical technique, without any immunoprobes, that allows for the monitoring of HSPs on nanoscaled tBLM arrangement in biologics samples such us human urine. This study demonstrates the great potential of tBLM to be used as a membrane based biosensor for novel, simple, and non-invasive label-free analytical system for the prediction of AP severity.

A novel microfluidic microelectrode chip for a significantly enhanced monitoring of NPY-receptor activation in live mode

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 4294-4302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska D. Zitzmann ◽  
Heinz-Georg Jahnke ◽  
Felix Nitschke ◽  
Annette G. Beck-Sickinger ◽  
Bernd Abel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Microfluidic Chip ◽  
Microelectrode Array ◽  
Fem Simulation ◽  
Receptor Activation ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Real Time Monitoring ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Npy Receptor ◽  
Simulation Based

We present a FEM simulation based step-by-step development of a microelectrode array integrated into a microfluidic chip for the non-invasive real-time monitoring of living cells.

Non-invasive label-free investigation and typing of head and neck cancers by multimodal nonlinear microscopy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Meyer ◽  
Nadine Vogler ◽  
Benjamin Dietzek ◽  
Denis Akimov ◽  
Johanna Inhestern ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Head And Neck Cancers ◽  
Nonlinear Microscopy ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Non Invasive

scholarly journals Non-invasive biomedical research and diagnostics enabled by innovative compact lasers

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina S. Litvinova ◽  
Ilya E. Rafailov ◽  
Andrey V. Dunaev ◽  
Sergei G. Sokolovski ◽  
Edik U. Rafailov
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Non Invasive

A ‘smart’ aptamer-functionalized continuous label-free cell catch-transport-release system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bozhen Zhang ◽  
Canran Wang ◽  
Yingjie Du ◽  
Rebecca Paxton ◽  
Ximin He
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Cell Sorting ◽  
Free Cell ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Clinical Therapeutics ◽  
Release System ◽  
System P

Label-free cell sorting devices are of great significance for biomedical research and clinical therapeutics. However, current platforms for label-free cell sorting cannot achieve continuity and selectivity simultaneously, resulting in complex...

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