Accuracy and resolution of THz reflection spectroscopy for medical imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4825-4838

  Reid, Caroline B ^a   Pickwell Macpherson, Emma ^b   Laufer, Jan G ^a   Gibson, Adam P ^a   Hebden, Jeremy C ^a   Wallace, Vincent P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

EID: 78149354868     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/013     Document Type: Article

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