Polarization effect in liver tissue in terahertz band

34th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gong, Yandong ^a   Dong, Hui ^a   Hong, Minghui ^b   Malini, Olivo ^c,d,e   Thong, Patricia S P ^c   Bhuvaneswari, Ramaswamy ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; LIVER TISSUE; POLARIZATION EFFECT; POLARIZATION PARAMETERS; TERAHERTZ BAND; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

LIVER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 72749100198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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