Stratified media model for Terahertz reflectometry of the skin

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1253-1262

  Bennett, David B ^a   Li, Wenzao ^b   Taylor, Zachary D ^a,c   Grundfest, Warren S ^a,c   Brown, Elliott R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective media theory; stratified media theory; Terahertz (THz) imaging; THz technology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL IRRITATION; COMPOSITE MODELS; CONFOCAL RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIA THEORY; HYDRATION LEVELS; HYDRATION PROPERTIES; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; MIXING THEORY; OPTIMAL FREQUENCY; REFLECTED POWER; REFLECTION SPECTRA; REFLECTOMETRY; REFLECTOMETRY MEASUREMENTS; SKIN MODEL; STRATIFIED MEDIA; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ REFLECTOMETRY; THERMAL BURNS; THZ RADIATION; THZ TECHNOLOGY;

FREQUENCY BANDS; HYDRATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 79955371729     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2088387     Document Type: Article

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