Assessment of corneal hydration sensing in the terahertz band: In vivo results at 100GHz

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bennett, David ^a   Taylor, Zachary ^a   Tewari, Pria ^a   Sung, Sijun ^a   MacCabi, Ashkan ^a   Singh, Rahul ^a   Culjat, Martin ^a   Grundfest, Warren ^a   Hubschman, Jean Pierre ^b   Brown, Elliott ^c  

^a Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology CASIT   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corneal health; hydration sensing; terahertz imaging; THz reflectometry

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; CORNEA TRANSPLANT; CORNEAL TISSUES; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EX-VIVO; HEALTHY TISSUES; IN-VIVO; PORCINE CORNEAS; REFLECTIVITY CONTRAST; REFLECTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SENSING SYSTEMS; STRATIFIED MODEL; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ BAND; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TREATMENT MONITORING; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REFLECTION; SENSORS; TISSUE;

HYDRATION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CORNEA; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

EID: 84870612038     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.9.097008     Document Type: Article

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