Three-dimensional imaging of optically opaque materials using nonionizing terahertz radiation

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3120-3133

  Wallace, Vincent P ^a   MacPherson, Emma ^b   Zeitler, J Axel ^c   Reid, Caroline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON OPTICS; POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS; OPAQUE MATERIALS; PUBLISHING TOOLS; SPECIFIC AREAS; SUBSURFACE INFORMATIONS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ RADIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME-DOMAIN IMAGING;

SECURITY OF DATA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIATION, IONIZING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 60549107396     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.003120     Document Type: Article

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