Towards brain imaging using THz technology

IST 2008 - IEEE Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 7-10

  Bakopoulos, P ^a   Karanasiou, I ^a   Zakynthinos, P ^a   Pleros, N ^b   Avramopoulos, H ^a   Uzunoglu, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomolecule "fingerprint"; Difference frequency generation; Fabry Perot filter; Neural function; Supercontinuum generation; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION; FABRY-PEROT FILTER; NEURAL FUNCTION; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

BIOMOLECULES; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 57849130347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IST.2008.4659930     Document Type: Conference Paper

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