Effects of frequency on image quality in terahertz pulsed images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4682, Issue , 2002, Pages 107-116

  Fitzgerald, Anthony J ^a   Dzontoh, Emmanuel ^a   Loeffler, Torsten ^b   Siebert, Karsten ^b   Berry, Elizabeth ^a   Zinovev, Nick N ^a   Miles, Robert E ^a   Smith, Michael A ^a   Chamberlain, Martyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image quality; Modulation transfer function; Noise; Terahertz pulse imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

TERAHERTZ PULSE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036032038     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465548     Document Type: Article

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