Optical properties of tissue measured using terahertz pulsed imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 459-470

  Berry, Elizabeth ^a   Fitzgerald, Anthony J ^a   Zinov'ev, Nickolay N ^a   Walker, Gillian C ^a   Homer Vanniasinkam, Shervanthi ^b   Sudworth, Caroline D ^a   Miles, Robert E ^a   Chamberlain, J Martyn ^a   Smith, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human tissue; Linear absorption coefficient; Medical applications; Refractive index; Terahertz pulsed imaging

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

TERAHERTZ PULSE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0041374379     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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