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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104942
