The use of tissue mimicking phantoms in analysing contrast in THz pulsed imaging of biological tissue

IRMMW-THz2007 - Conference Digest of the Joint 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimetre Waves, and 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 567-568

  Reid, C ^a   Gibson, A P ^a   Hebden, J C ^a   Wallace, V P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHANTOMS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CONTRAST MECHANISM; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE FEATURE; THZ SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TISSUE PROPERTIES; VISIBLE IMAGING;

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EID: 60949106838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icimw.2007.4516632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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