Terahertz pulse imaging in reflection geometry of skin tissue using time domain analysis techniques

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4625, Issue , 2002, Pages 160-169

  Woodward, Ruth M ^a   Wallace, Vincent P ^b   Cole, Bryan E ^b   Pye, Richard J ^c   Arnone, Donald D ^b   Linfield, Edmund H ^a   Pepper, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Inflammation; Skin; Terahertz Pulse Imaging; Time domain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FREQUENCIES; HYDRATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

TERAHERTZ PULSE IMAGING (TPI);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036406716     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469785     Document Type: Article

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