Continuous wave terahertz transmission imaging of nonmelanoma skin cancers

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-462

  Joseph, Cecil S ^a   Yaroslavsky, Anna N ^a,b   Neel, Victor A ^b   Goyette, Thomas M ^a   Giles, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous wave terahertz imaging; skin cancer imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTINUOUS WAVE TERAHERTZ IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN CANCER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWEAT GLAND; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

EID: 79960545056     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21078     Document Type: Article

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