title: Terahertz otoscope and potential for diagnosing otitis media.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: YUHS-KRIBB Medical Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea; These authors contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: Young Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea; These authors contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: In-Seok
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Division of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 606-791, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bark
authors.affiliation: YUHS-KRIBB Medical Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Divsion of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, South Korea; Nano Materials Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Nano Materials Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sam Kyu
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: YUHS-KRIBB Medical Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea; Department of Radiology, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.affiliation: YUHS-KRIBB Medical Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea; Department of Radiology, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea; jss@yuhs.ac.
authors.forename: Jin-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: YUHS-KRIBB Medical Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, South Korea; issac@yuhs.ac.
authors.forename: Seung Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Division of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 606-791, South Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-In
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Jeon
keywords: (170.3880) Medical and biological imaging; (170.3890) Medical optics instrumentation; (170.6510) Spectroscopy, tissue diagnostics; (170.6795) Terahertz imaging; (300.6495) Spectroscopy, terahertz