Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy of human skin, in-vivo

Proceedings of SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4276, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-10

  Cole, B E ^a   Woodward, R ^a   Crawley, D ^a   Wallace, V P ^a   Arnone, D D ^a   Pepper, M ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human skin; Stratum corneum; Terahertz imaging; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HYDRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL PULSES; TERAHERTZ PULSE IMAGING (TPI);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034859029     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.428010     Document Type: Article

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