Recent developments of terahertz technology in biomedicine

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-44

  Pickwell Macpherson, Emma ^a   Huang, Shengyang ^a   Kan, Kanis Wai Chi ^a   Sun, Yiwen ^a   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANCER DETECTION; NEW APPLICATIONS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ TECHNIQUE; TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79953741180     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545808000042     Document Type: Article

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