DocumentCode
2513961
Title
Understanding terahertz data for medical applications
Author
Wallace, V.P. ; Fitzgerald, A.J. ; Pickwell-MacPherson, E.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
fYear
2012
fDate
23-28 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Here we describe our efforts to improve our understanding of differences detected between normal and cancerous tissue in the THz regime. By using a model and plugging in data extracted from spectroscopy measurements we are able to calculate expected reflections from diseased and healthy tissues which help to identify sources of image contrast.
Keywords
biological tissues; cancer; terahertz wave imaging; cancerous tissue; data extraction plugging; diseased tissue; healthy tissues; image contrast; medical applications; normal tissue; spectroscopy measurements; terahertz data; Breast tissue; Breast tumors; Cancer; Data models; Imaging; Surgery;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wollongong, NSW
ISSN
2162-2027
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN
2162-2027
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380434
Filename
6380434
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