THz imaging based on water-concentration contrast

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6949, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Taylor, Z D ^a   Singh, R S ^a,b   Culja, M O ^a,b,c   Suen, J Y ^a   Grundfest, W S ^b,c   Brown, E R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology CASIT   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; HEALTH; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTORESISTS; REFLECTION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SKIN; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

(HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; BURN INJURIES; CENTER FREQUENCY (CF); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINUOUS WAVE TERAHERTZ (THZ) RADIATION; CONTRAST MECHANISMS; EQUIVALENT BANDWIDTH; HIGH WATER; MEASURED DATA; PHOTON ENERGIES; PORCINE SKIN; PULSED SOURCES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SECURITY APPLICATIONS; SPOT SIZES; TERAHERTZ (THZ); TERAHERTZ (THZ) IMAGING; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 45149131322     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.785337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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