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

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

3751

Lastpage

3754

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650024

Filename

4650024