Title :
Polarization effect in liver tissue in terahertz band
Author :
Gong, Yandong ; Dong, Hui ; Hong, Minghui ; Malini, Olivo ; Thong, Patricia S P ; Bhuvaneswari, Ramaswamy
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., A-star, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Using a setup of terahertz time domain spectroscopy, the polarization effect in a liver tissue of a white mouse is experimentally observed. It implies that polarization parameters may be used for the biological tissue signature detection in terahertz band.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological techniques; biomedical measurement; electromagnetic wave polarisation; terahertz spectroscopy; biological tissue signature detection; terahertz polarisation; terahertz time domain spectroscopy setup; white mouse liver tissue; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Birefringence; Cancer; Detectors; Liver; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Page description languages;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5416-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5417-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324935
