Terahertz spectroscopy of intrinsic biomarkers for non-melanoma skin cancer.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7215, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Joseph, Cecil S ^a   Yaroslavsky, Anna N ^b   Al Arashi, Munir ^b   Goyette, Thomas M ^a   Dickinson, Jason C ^a   Gatesman, Andrew J ^a   Soper, Brian W ^a   Forgione, Christopher M ^a   Horgan, Thomas M ^a   Ehasz, Elizabeth J ^a   Giles, Robert H ^a   Nixon, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous wave terahertz imaging; skin cancer imaging; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ABSORPTION FREQUENCIES; CONTINUOUS WAVE TERAHERTZ IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH WATER CONTENTS; HUMAN CANCERS; HUMAN TISSUES; IMAGING MODALITIES; NON-INVASIVE; OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN CANCER IMAGING; SYSTEM RESOLUTIONS; SYSTEM SIGNALS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEMS; TERAHERTZ RADIATIONS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFLECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SKIN; WATER CONTENT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 65349182987     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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