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New Proposals for Application of Terahertz Imaging Technique in Chinese Medicine

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The rapid development of terahertz technology promotes the realization of various terahertz imaging systems. Terahertz technology features terahertz waves as good non-invasive illumination sources due to their high spectral resolution, penetration and safety. The terahertz imaging technique (TIT) has gradually been extended from the biomedical field to the field of Chinese medicine (CM), and it has become a powerful tool for seeking scientific evidence for CM theories with the use of modern science and technology. This paper reviews the current application of TITs in the field of CM research, and most importantly offers novel proposals for the application of TITs in CM research from the perspective of CM syndrome objectification and acupuncture research and cites existing reports as reference to the feasibility of these new proposals.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. DENG Yu-qiang from Division of Optics, National Institute of Metrology for providing the figure quoted in this article and some text modification suggestions. We would like to thank executive editor Dr. ZHANG Wen for her guidance on the copyright of quoted figures and citation etiquette.

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Bai SS is the major contributor to this manuscript. Bai SS conceived and drafted the manuscript. Yang HY checked and revised the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript for publication.

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81473739)

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Bai, Ss., Yang, Hy. New Proposals for Application of Terahertz Imaging Technique in Chinese Medicine. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 28, 366–373 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-022-2886-3

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