Tissue classification using terahertz pulsed imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5318, Issue , 2004, Pages 23-33

  Woodward, Ruth M ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Anthony ^a,b   Wallace, Vincent P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnostic; Epithelial; In vivo; Skin; Terahertz imaging; Time domain

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFLECTION; SKIN; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUMORS; WATER;

DIAGNOSTICS; EPITHELIAL; IN VIVO; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TIME DOMAIN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 5644251834     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.527477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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