DocumentCode
2673261
Title
Characterization of blood cells by using terahertz waves
Author
Jeong, Kiyoung ; Huh, Yong-Min ; Kim, Sang-Hoon ; Park, Yeonji ; Son, Joo-Hiuk ; Oh, Seung Jae ; Suh, Jin-Suck
Author_Institution
Nanomedical Nat. Core Res. Center, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
fYear
2011
fDate
2-7 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We determined the optical constant of whole blood and its constituents by using terahertz spectroscopy and showed that the concentration of red blood cells in whole blood could be determined using the terahertz absorption constant.
Keywords
medical image processing; terahertz wave devices; terahertz wave imaging; blood cells; optical constant; terahertz absorption constant; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz waves; whole blood; Absorption; Blood; Cells (biology); Educational institutions; Fluids; Plasmas; Spectroscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Houston, TX
ISSN
2162-2027
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN
2162-2027
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104942
Filename
6104942
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