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On the other hand, there are several critical factors that may affect the terahertz (THz) response in these kinds of experiments. Here, we analyse in detail the influence of the following factors: the contact positions between the thumb and the prism, the contact pressure, the contact duration, and the materials of the prism. Furthermore, we use the THz-ATR technology to evaluate different types of handcream and also establish the theoretical model to investigate the reflectivity after interacting with the skin. The results agree well with experimental ones. Our analysis makes it clear the importance of controlling the above factors during measurements to enable reliable THz response and results which, in turn, may be used to monitor water motion in human skin and to predict possible diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20154256","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,31]],"date-time":"2020-07-31T04:15:31Z","timestamp":1596168931000},"page":"4256","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Critical Factors for In Vivo Measurements of Human Skin by Terahertz Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Lixia","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"given":"Sayon","family":"Guilavogui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"given":"Henghui","family":"Yin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"given":"Yiping","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaofei","family":"Zang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"given":"Jingya","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Ding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6848-5257","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lin","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Spectrum and Imaging Technology Cooperative Innovation Center, Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"977","DOI":"10.1038\/nphoton.2013.275","article-title":"Wireless sub-THz communication system with high data rate","volume":"7","author":"Koenig","year":"2013","journal-title":"Nat. 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