Employment of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Determine Elements of Human Hair
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https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2024.10388Keywords:
Blood Analysis, Hair Testing, Hypothyroidism, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Thyroid Disease.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.
Received 06/12/2023
Revised 23/03/2024
Accepted 25/03/2024
Published Online First 20/10/2024
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