Development of a compact terahertz time-domain spectrometer for the measurement of the optical properties of biological tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wilmink, Gerald J ^a,b   Ibey, Bennett L ^a   Tongue, Thomas ^c   Schulkin, Brian ^c   Laman, Norman ^c   Peralta, Xomalin G ^d   Roth, Caleb C ^e   Cerna, Cesario Z ^e   Rivest, Benjamin D ^a   Grundt, Jessica E ^a   Roach, William P ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ZOMEGA TERAHERTZ CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Compact; Optical properties; Skin; Terahertz; Terahertz time domain spectroscopy; THz

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; COMPACT; EX-VIVO; HEALTH ASSESSMENTS; INDEX OF REFRACTION; N VALUE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; SKIN BURN; SKIN SAMPLES; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ SPECTROMETER; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ-TDS; TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROMETER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; RATING; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

SUS;

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN; SWINE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MUSCLES; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN; SWINE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

EID: 80455141640     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3570648     Document Type: Article

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