Terahertz Pulsed Imaging of Cancers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4949, Issue , 2003, Pages 353-359

  Wallace, V P ^a   Woodward, R M ^a,b   Fitzgerald, A J ^a   Pickwell, E ^b   Pye, R J ^a,c   Arnone, D A ^a  

^a TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Imaging; Skin; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

LASER SURGERY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SKIN; TUMORS;

TERAHERTZ PULSED IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0141605975     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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