Joo-Hiuk Son received his BS and MS in electronics engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, in 1986 and 1988, respectively, and his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1994. In the early years, his research was focused on the characterization of electrical and optical properties of semiconductors and various nanosized materials. In recent years, his interest has shifted to terahertz electromagnetic interactions with biological materials and their applications in medicine. Combining his expertise on nanomaterials and terahertz medical diagnosis, he invented a highly sensitive terahertz molecular imaging technique using nanoparticle probes.

Introduction to Biomedical Studies Using Terahertz Waves. Section I Terahertz Technology. Terahertz Sources and Detectors. Tabletop High-Power Terahertz Pulse Generation Techniques. Terahertz Imaging and Tomography Techniques. Compact Solid-State Electronic Terahertz Devices and Circuits. Waveguides for Terahertz Endoscopy. Section II Fundamental Biological Studies by Terahertz Waves. Terahertz Characteristics of Water and Liquids. Probing Solvation Dynamics by Terahertz Absorption Spectroscopy. Terahertz Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules. Terahertz Spectroscopic Insight into the Structure-Function Relation in Protein Molecules. Protein Dielectric Response at Terahertz Frequencies. Nonlinear Interaction of Amino Acids and Proteins with Terahertz Waves. Biological Effects of Broadband Terahertz Pulses. Section III Terahertz Biomedical Applications. Terahertz Dynamic Imaging of Skin Drug Absorption. Terahertz for the Detection of Skin Cancer. Application of Terahertz Technology to Breast Cancer. Frozen Terahertz Imaging of Excised Oral Cancer. Terahertz Molecular Imaging and Its Clinical Applications. Prospects in Medical Applications of Terahertz Waves and Conclusions. Index.