Title :
Application of terahertz spectral imaging for the identification of osseous tissue
Author :
Baughman, William ; Wilbert, David S. ; Balci, Soner ; Bolus, Michael ; Kung, Patrick ; Kim, Seongsin M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
We present spectral imaging results of osseous tissues obtained through terahertz time-domain transmission spectroscopy. The spectral response of composite bone tissues was investigated using pixel by pixel frequency-domain analysis. Comparisons of the time-domain and spectral characteristics were used to distinguish between regions of differing cellular type, mixed composition, and thickness.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; frequency-domain analysis; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave imaging; composite bone tissues; frequency-domain analysis; osseous tissue; spectral response; terahertz spectral imaging; terahertz time-domain transmission spectroscopy; Bones; Delay; Imaging; Materials; Osteoarthritis; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis;
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.2011.6104943
