Do in vivo terahertz imaging systems comply with safety guidelines?

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 192-198

  Berry, Elizabeth ^a   Walker, Gillian C ^a   Fitzgerald, Anthony J ^a   Zinov'ev, N N ^a   Chamberlain, Martyn ^a   Smye, Stephen W ^b   Miles, Robert E ^a   Smith, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hazard analysis; Human; In vivo; Maximum permissible exposure (MPE); Safety; Skin; Terahertz pulsed imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; STANDARDS;

MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037992670     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.1585079     Document Type: Article

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