Terahertz spectroscopy of snap-frozen human brain tissue: An initial study

Electronics Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 343-345

  Png, G M ^a   Flook, R ^b   Ng, B W H ^a   Abbott, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DISEASED TISSUES; FROZEN SAMPLES; FROZEN TISSUES; HUMAN BRAINS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PRESENCE OF WATERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPIES; THZ ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ RADIATIONS; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

BRAIN;

EID: 63349096512     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2009.3413     Document Type: Article

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