Terahertz (THz) radiation in the frequency range 0.1 - 10 THz began to be used for the analysis of artwork in 2006. Terahertz images of paintings require computer processing in order to optimize the process of detecting defects and their visualization. In this work, an algorithm for solving this problem is proposed in relation to the terahertz analysis of paintings. A program is written in Python that searches, group and highlight defects in an image. To work with images, the methods of the OpenCV library is used, designed to solve computer vision problems. They are used to binarize images and search the defect contours on them, as well as to isolate defects when visualizing the results. The grouping of defects is carried out by the method of agglomerative hierarchical clustering. Scientific analysis of the materials used in art items allows to determine the period in which they were created, how they were preserved over the centuries and how they were restored. As part of the study, in this work, a 3D-model of the crystal structure of the red pigment was created. For this, the terahertz spectrum of the pigment was modeled by the density functional method. To experimentally study the optical characteristics of the pigment, measurements are carried out on a TeraView-4000 instrument in transmission mode. The pigment is measured in powder and tableted form.
Drag-laden magnetic nanoparticles can deliver drugs to a zone of ischemic damage for various purposes of clinical medicine. THz spectroscopy of nanoparticles with adsorbed organic and biological molecules could enable estimation of drug delivery efficiency of the nanoparticles sample and curative effect of delivering chemical substance. The first task of this work was to simulate the contribution of nanoparticles and the shell of organic molecules (glycose) to the dielectric properties of the pressed pellets, consisting of the polyethylene and nanoparticles. The second task of this paper was to study experimentally the possibility of using terahertz radiation for spectral diagnosis of NPs based on iron oxide in a biologically inert shell of silicon dioxide drug-laden with a glycose.
We revealed that after exposure of scarified cornea of rabbits to low-intensity pulsed terahertz radiation 0.1 to 1.8 THz a positive effect on epithelization triggered within the first hours was higher compared to non-irradiated cornea. However, while elevating power of terahertz radiation up to 60.8 nW it resulted in retarding epithelialization process. At that, irradiation did not affect timeframe of complete corneal epithelialization. During experiments it was found that terahertz radiation was well tolerated, exhibited no toxic and allergic reactions or resulted in pathohistological changes in the eye tissues. Also, low-intensity terahertz radiation did not affect normal physiological functions of the eyes and facilitated to re-epithelialization of scarified eyes in rabbits.
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