An intra-operative THz probe for use during the surgical removal of breast tumors

33rd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and the 16th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2008, IRMMW-THz 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ashworth, Philip C ^a,b   O'Kelly, Padraig ^b   Purushotham, Anand D ^c   Pinder, Sarah E ^c   Kontos, Michalis ^c   Pepper, Michael ^a,b   Wallace, Vincent P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; ONCOLOGY;

BREAST TISSUES; BREAST TUMORS; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DISEASED TISSUES; EX-VIVO; MEDICAL USES; SENTINEL NODES; TERAHERTZ; THZ PROBES;

TUMORS;

EID: 58049114681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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