Abstract-Terahertz otoscope and potential for diagnosing otitis media

Young Bin Ji, In-Seok Moon, Hyeon Sang Bark, Sang Hoon Kim, Dong Woo Park, Sam Kyu Noh, Yong-Min Huh, Jin-Seok Suh, Seung Jae Oh, and Tae-In Jeon

https://www.osapublishing.org/boe/abstract.cfm?uri=boe-7-4-1201

We designed and fabricated a novel terahertz (THz) otoscope to help physicians to diagnose otitis media (OM) with both THz diagnostics and conventional optical diagnostics. We verified the potential of this tool for diagnosing OM using mouse skin tissue and a human tympanic membrane samples prior to clinical application.

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