Terahertz sensing in corneal tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bennett, David B ^a   Taylor, Zachary D ^a   Tewari, Pria ^a   Singh, Rahul S ^a   Culjat, Martin O ^a   Grundfest, Warren S ^a   Sassoon, Daniel J ^b   Johnson, R Duncan ^b   Hubschman, Jean Pierre ^b   Brownc, Elliott R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal health; Hydration sensing; Terahertz imaging; Terahertz reflectometry

Indexed keywords

BRUGGEMAN MODEL; CORNEAL HEALTH; CORNEAL TISSUES; EX-VIVO; GRAFT REJECTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PHOTON ENERGY; PORCINE CORNEAS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ REFLECTOMETRY; TERAHERTZ SENSING; THZ IMAGING; TISSUE INTERACTIONS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLYCOLS; HYDRATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REFLECTION; TISSUE;

WATER CONTENT;

SUS;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; SWINE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

EID: 79956214644     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3575168     Document Type: Article

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