Terahertz spectroscopy of liver cirrhosis: Investigating the origin of contrast

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7587-7596

  Sy, Stanley ^a   Huang, Shengyang ^a   Wang, Yi Xiang J ^b   Yu, Jun ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^b   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a,c,d   Pickwell MacPherson, Emma ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; DISEASED TISSUES; FORMALIN; FRESH TISSUES; IMAGE CONTRASTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TISSUE; NORMAL TISSUE; RAT TISSUE; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ PULSED IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; TISSUE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

FORMALDEHYDE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE FIXATION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; WATER;

EID: 78650063043     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/24/013     Document Type: Article

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