Title :
Terahertz spectral imaging for drug inspection
Author :
Kawase, Kodo ; Iwasaki, Aya ; Shibuya, Takayuki
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to apply terahertz technology for screening and identification of drugs-of-abuse in mail. We have introduced terahertz spectral imaging and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy using our tunable THz parametric sources.
Keywords :
drugs; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave imaging; terahertz wave spectra; diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; drug inspection; drugs-of-abuse identification; drugs-of-abuse screening; mail; terahertz spectral imaging; tunable THz parametric sources; Absorption; Imaging; Materials; Powders; Reflectivity; Scattering; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
