Towards THz medical imaging; Reflective imaging of animal tissues

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 132, Issue , 2008, Pages 472-474

  Singh, Rahul S ^a,b   Taylor, Zachary D ^a   Culjat, Martin O ^b   Grundfest, Warren S ^b   Brown, Elliott R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical imaging; Terahertz; THz

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TISSUE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; SCHOTTKY DIODE DETECTORS; TERA HERTZ; THZ MEDICAL IMAGING; ZERO BIAS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 44249109293     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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