Terahertz spectroscopic imaging of paraffin-embedded liver cancer samples

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 557-558

  Enatsu, Tokujiro ^a   Kitahara, Hideaki ^a   Takano, Keisuke ^a   Nagashima, Takeshi ^a   Tani, Masahiko ^a   Hangyo, Masanori ^b   Miura, Yasuhiro ^b   Sawai, Takashi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MILLIMETER WAVES; PARAFFINS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TISSUE;

CANCER TISSUES; CANCEROUS TISSUES; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; RASTER SCANNING; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 77951193885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/icimw.2007.4516627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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