Terahertz pulse imaging of micro-metastatic lymph nodes in early-stage cervical cancer patients

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Jung, Euna ^a   Lim, Meehyun ^a   Moon, Kiwon ^a   Do, Youngwoong ^a   Lee, Soonsung ^a   Han, Haewook ^a   Choi, Hyuck Jae ^b   Cho, Kyoung Sik ^b   Kim, Kyu Rae ^b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL CANCERS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTATIC LYMPH NODES; PEAK AMPLITUDE; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; REFLECTION MODES; SIZE AND SHAPE; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TERAHERTZ PULSE; THZ IMAGING; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; UTERINE CERVICAL CANCER;

DISEASES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PATHOLOGY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

BODY FLUIDS;

EID: 79959861226     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2011.15.2.155     Document Type: Article

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