Abstract:
Terahertz (THz)-band (0.1~10 THz) communications are celebrated to be a crucial enabling technology for sixth generation (6G) wireless systems that fulfil the stringent r...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Terahertz (THz)-band (0.1~10 THz) communications are celebrated to be a crucial enabling technology for sixth generation (6G) wireless systems that fulfil the stringent requirements of future healthcare scenarios. Broadband THz sources have drawn the attention of researchers by virtue of their prominent detectability and their noninvasive and non-ionization properties. More importantly, the most advanced wideband THz sources enable THz communication in vivo with many appealing properties, including potential link capacities (terabit-per-second), miniature transceivers, and high energy efficiency. Compared to conventional devices, nano-scale devices will be potentially pivotal in subsequent medical diagnostics and treatment technologies, by virtue of the non-ionizing property of THz light and its high sensitivity in conveniently reaching delicate body sites. Thereby, real-time, label-free detection methods are expected to perform a crucial effect in clinical practice; however, difficulties such as unknown biological safety still need to be overcome. With channel modeling progress of the THz frequencies, we have considered both the radiation of the medium and the molecular absorption from the transmitted signal, and envisoned the possibility to solve the challenges such as the spectrum scarcity and capacity limitation.
Published in: IEEE Sensors Journal ( Volume: 22, Issue: 10, 15 May 2022)
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Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Xiao-Xia Yin received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from The University of Adelaide, Australia. She was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Reading, Reading, U.K., under the supervision of S. Hadjiloucas and the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., under the supervision of L. F. Gladden. She involved in tumor detection via DCE-MRI with The University of Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision ...Show More
Xiao-Xia Yin received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from The University of Adelaide, Australia. She was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Reading, Reading, U.K., under the supervision of S. Hadjiloucas and the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., under the supervision of L. F. Gladden. She involved in tumor detection via DCE-MRI with The University of Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision ...View more
Electrical Engineering Department, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Alireza Baghai-Wadji (Life Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering and the D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) degree in physical electronics from the Vienna University of Technology and the D.Sc. (Hons.) degree in materials science and quantum physics from Aalto University, Finland. Previously, he was the Academic Program Director and the Assistant Dean (Internationalization) with...Show More
Alireza Baghai-Wadji (Life Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering and the D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) degree in physical electronics from the Vienna University of Technology and the D.Sc. (Hons.) degree in materials science and quantum physics from Aalto University, Finland. Previously, he was the Academic Program Director and the Assistant Dean (Internationalization) with...View more
Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Yanchun Zhang (Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor with Guangzhou University, China, and an Emeritus Professor with Victoria University, Australia. His research interests include databases, data mining, social networking, web services, and e-health. He has published over 400 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings, including ACM Transactions on Computer and Human Interaction (TOCHI), IEEE T...Show More
Yanchun Zhang (Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor with Guangzhou University, China, and an Emeritus Professor with Victoria University, Australia. His research interests include databases, data mining, social networking, web services, and e-health. He has published over 400 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings, including ACM Transactions on Computer and Human Interaction (TOCHI), IEEE T...View more
Contents Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Xiao-Xia Yin received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from The University of Adelaide, Australia. She was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Reading, Reading, U.K., under the supervision of S. Hadjiloucas and the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., under the supervision of L. F. Gladden. She involved in tumor detection via DCE-MRI with The University of Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision of Prof. Kotagiri. She has an existing collaboration with Prof. M.-Y. Su with the Center for Functional Onco Imaging, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA, under the supervision of Prof. T. Kron with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia. She is currently a Professor with the University of Guangzhou, China, and her major is in high-dimensional medical image analysis. Her research interests include multiresolution analysis, segmentation, image reconstruction and classification, and their applications to high-dimensional medical imaging. She received the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Australian Research Council in 2009. She was a member of the Organizing Committee and the Publication Chairperson of the 3rd International Conference of Health Information Science and a member of the Organizing Committee and the Program Co-Chairperson of the 4th and 5th International Conference of Health Information Science.
Xiao-Xia Yin received the Ph.D. degree in electronics engineering from The University of Adelaide, Australia. She was a Visiting Scholar with the University of Reading, Reading, U.K., under the supervision of S. Hadjiloucas and the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., under the supervision of L. F. Gladden. She involved in tumor detection via DCE-MRI with The University of Melbourne, Australia, under the supervision of Prof. Kotagiri. She has an existing collaboration with Prof. M.-Y. Su with the Center for Functional Onco Imaging, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA, under the supervision of Prof. T. Kron with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia. She is currently a Professor with the University of Guangzhou, China, and her major is in high-dimensional medical image analysis. Her research interests include multiresolution analysis, segmentation, image reconstruction and classification, and their applications to high-dimensional medical imaging. She received the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Australian Research Council in 2009. She was a member of the Organizing Committee and the Publication Chairperson of the 3rd International Conference of Health Information Science and a member of the Organizing Committee and the Program Co-Chairperson of the 4th and 5th International Conference of Health Information Science.View more
Electrical Engineering Department, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Alireza Baghai-Wadji (Life Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering and the D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) degree in physical electronics from the Vienna University of Technology and the D.Sc. (Hons.) degree in materials science and quantum physics from Aalto University, Finland. Previously, he was the Academic Program Director and the Assistant Dean (Internationalization) with the University of Cape Town (UCT), and the Aerospace and Aviation Electronics Program Director with the Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre, Royal Melbourne University of Technology (RMIT University). Since 2012, he has been with UCT. From 2005 to 2012, he was a Professor, the Discipline Head, and Senior Member of the Platform Technologies Research Institute and an International Representative with RMIT University. From 1979 to 2005, he was with the Vienna University of Technology as an Associate Professor from 1997 to 2005, a Docent from 1994 to 1997, an Assistant Professor from 1988 to 1994, a Research Fellow from 1984 to 1988, and a Research Associate from 1979 to 1983. He is a Professor Emeritus with UCT. He has occupied academic, executive, and consultancy positions in both academia and high-tech industry on five continents, such as a Distinguished Visiting Professor with the Beijing Institute of Technology, China; a Visiting Professor with Aalto University, Finland; a Visiting Scientist with the Max Planck Institute (Quantum Optics), Germany; a Visiting Professor with the Institute for High-Performance Computing and a Senior Member with the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Singapore; Visiting Scientist with the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; and an Adjunct Professor with Arizona State University. He was a Principal Engineering Consultant, such as with Motorola, USA; CTS, USA; EPCOS, Germany; Siemens Matsushita, Austria; and Siemens, Germany. He was a Nokia Fellow and was awarded the Austrian Kurt Goedel Fellowship three times. Since 1997, he has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (T-UFFC). He was a twice Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (T-UFFC). On behalf of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, he is the IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering Representative 1. He is actively serving for the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Mentee/Mentor Program. Since 2019, he has been an Associate Editor of the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society (ACES). He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and delivered more than 120 invited, plenary, and keynote speeches. He is the owner of one patent in USA. He has instructed 33 half-day or full-day short courses sponsored by IEEE or ACES. He is a Honorary Member and a Fellow of Electromagnetics Academy, USA, and has been listed in Who-is-Who in Electromagnetics. More recently (2017–2019), he was for a period of 19 months a High-level Foreign Expert Visiting Professor with the Xian University of Science and Technology, Xian, China. He is a Honorary Professor with Amity University, Noida, India, and an Adjunct Professor with the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Alireza Baghai-Wadji (Life Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering and the D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) degree in physical electronics from the Vienna University of Technology and the D.Sc. (Hons.) degree in materials science and quantum physics from Aalto University, Finland. Previously, he was the Academic Program Director and the Assistant Dean (Internationalization) with the University of Cape Town (UCT), and the Aerospace and Aviation Electronics Program Director with the Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Centre, Royal Melbourne University of Technology (RMIT University). Since 2012, he has been with UCT. From 2005 to 2012, he was a Professor, the Discipline Head, and Senior Member of the Platform Technologies Research Institute and an International Representative with RMIT University. From 1979 to 2005, he was with the Vienna University of Technology as an Associate Professor from 1997 to 2005, a Docent from 1994 to 1997, an Assistant Professor from 1988 to 1994, a Research Fellow from 1984 to 1988, and a Research Associate from 1979 to 1983. He is a Professor Emeritus with UCT. He has occupied academic, executive, and consultancy positions in both academia and high-tech industry on five continents, such as a Distinguished Visiting Professor with the Beijing Institute of Technology, China; a Visiting Professor with Aalto University, Finland; a Visiting Scientist with the Max Planck Institute (Quantum Optics), Germany; a Visiting Professor with the Institute for High-Performance Computing and a Senior Member with the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Singapore; Visiting Scientist with the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; and an Adjunct Professor with Arizona State University. He was a Principal Engineering Consultant, such as with Motorola, USA; CTS, USA; EPCOS, Germany; Siemens Matsushita, Austria; and Siemens, Germany. He was a Nokia Fellow and was awarded the Austrian Kurt Goedel Fellowship three times. Since 1997, he has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (T-UFFC). He was a twice Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (T-UFFC). On behalf of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, he is the IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering Representative 1. He is actively serving for the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Mentee/Mentor Program. Since 2019, he has been an Associate Editor of the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society (ACES). He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and delivered more than 120 invited, plenary, and keynote speeches. He is the owner of one patent in USA. He has instructed 33 half-day or full-day short courses sponsored by IEEE or ACES. He is a Honorary Member and a Fellow of Electromagnetics Academy, USA, and has been listed in Who-is-Who in Electromagnetics. More recently (2017–2019), he was for a period of 19 months a High-level Foreign Expert Visiting Professor with the Xian University of Science and Technology, Xian, China. He is a Honorary Professor with Amity University, Noida, India, and an Adjunct Professor with the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.View more
Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Yanchun Zhang (Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor with Guangzhou University, China, and an Emeritus Professor with Victoria University, Australia. His research interests include databases, data mining, social networking, web services, and e-health. He has published over 400 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings, including ACM Transactions on Computer and Human Interaction (TOCHI), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), VLDB Journal, and ICDE conferences and medical journals. He authored/coauthored five monographs and edited a dozen of books in the related areas. His research interests include databases, data mining, social networking, web services, and e-health. Dr. Zhang is a Founding Editor and the Editor-in-Chief of World Wide Web journal (Springer) and Health Information Science and Systems journal (Springer).
Yanchun Zhang (Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor with Guangzhou University, China, and an Emeritus Professor with Victoria University, Australia. His research interests include databases, data mining, social networking, web services, and e-health. He has published over 400 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings, including ACM Transactions on Computer and Human Interaction (TOCHI), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), VLDB Journal, and ICDE conferences and medical journals. He authored/coauthored five monographs and edited a dozen of books in the related areas. His research interests include databases, data mining, social networking, web services, and e-health. Dr. Zhang is a Founding Editor and the Editor-in-Chief of World Wide Web journal (Springer) and Health Information Science and Systems journal (Springer).View more
