Modelling the propagation of terahertz radiation through a tissue simulating phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1853-1864

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HEAT TREATMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; THIN FILMS; TISSUE;

BROADBAND NATURE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSOR; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942610716     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/10/002     Document Type: Article

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