Review of terahertz tomography techniques

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 382-411

  Guillet, J P ^a   Recur, B ^a   Frederique, L ^a   Bousquet, B ^a   Canioni, L ^a   Manek Honninger I ^a   Desbarats, P ^a   Mounaix, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; BFP; Diffractive imaging; Far infrared; Holography; Iterative method; Millimeter waves; Non destructive testing; Reflection and transmission images; Sinogram; Spectro imaging; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Terahertz imaging; THz Computed tomography; Time of flight; Tomography; Volume inspection

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; HOLOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; BFP; DIFFRACTIVE IMAGING; FAR INFRARED; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SINOGRAMS; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84896397881     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-014-0057-0     Document Type: Review

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