THz imaging of skin tissue - Exploiting the strong reflectivity of liquid water

IRMMW-THz 2010 - 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Conference Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brown, E R ^a   Taylor, Z D ^b   Tewari, P ^b   Singh, R S ^b   Culjat, M O ^b   Bennett, D B ^b   Grundfest, W S ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D IMAGING; HUMAN SKIN; IMPULSE RADARS; LIQUID WATER; MECHANICAL SCANNING; SCHOTTKY; SKIN TISSUE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THZ IMAGING; THZ RADIATION; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WIDE-BAND;

DISTILLATION; RADAR IMAGING;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 78649349914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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