Title :
Terahertz image processing methods for biomedical applications
Author :
Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma ; Huang, Shengyang ; Sun, Yiwen ; Kan, Kanis W C ; Zhang, Yuan-Ting
Author_Institution :
Electronic Engineering Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, China
Abstract :
Terahertz imaging is in its early stages of development. Due to the sensitivity of terahertz radiation to biomolecules, several potential medical applications are being investigated. In this paper we present examples of our latest measurements of biological samples and explain how we extract frequency domain and time domain information from image data to probe sample structure and composition.
Keywords :
Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Data mining; Frequency measurement; Image processing; Medical services; Molecular biophysics; Optical imaging; Time measurement; Algorithms; Cartilage; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Image Enhancement; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Materials Testing; Osteoarthritis; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Radiation, Ionizing; Reproducibility of Results; Spectrophotometry; Terahertz Imaging; Terahertz Radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650024
