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Abstract

This paper presents an innovative approach for thyroid disease detection leveraging the capabilities of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Thyroid diseases are a global health issue with a significant impact on millions of people worldwide. Traditional diagnostic methods, such as blood tests, can be invasive, costly, and time-consuming. In contrast, LIBS provides a quick, non-destructive, and cost-effective approach to illness identification. The study uses LIBS to analyze human hair's elemental composition, revealing elemental signatures linked to thyroid disease through laser ablation and spectral emissions. This method provided data that demonstrated the distinction between the control and infected patients by precisely identifying elemental changes in hair samples. The spectra lines of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and selenium (Se) were determined to identify thyroid disorders. The diagnosis and therapy of thyroid problems may be completely changed with LIBS. This non-invasive method not only enhances patient outcomes but also creates opportunities for future developments in personalized medicine and medical spectroscopy.

Keywords

Blood Analysis, Hair Testing, Hypothyroidism, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Thyroid Disease

Subject Area

Physics

Article Type

Article

First Page

946

Last Page

954

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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