Terahertz-wave water concentration and distribution measurement in thin biotissue based on a novel sample preparation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4517-4527

  Wang, Y Y ^a   Notake, T ^a   Tang, M ^a   Nawata, K ^a   Ito, H ^a   Minamide, H ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-TISSUE; BIOTISSUES; DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TERAHERTZ; VOLUME CONCENTRATION; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER VOLUMES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TISSUE;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

WATER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; WATER;

EID: 79960380335     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/14/018     Document Type: Article

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