Title :
Terahertz technology in biology and medicine
Author :
Siegel, Peter H.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Terahertz irradiation and sensing is being applied for the first time to a wide range of fields outside the traditional niches of space science, molecular line spectroscopy and plasma diagnostics. This short summary serves as an introduction to a special focused session of the IEEE IMS 2004 and surveys some of the terahertz measurements and applications of interest in the biology and medical sciences. A more complete paper has been submitted to the special issue of MTT Transactions.
Keywords :
biology; medicine; microwave measurement; microwave technology; IEEE IMS 2004; MTT Transactions; biology applications; medical sciences; molecular line spectroscopy; plasma diagnostics; space science; terahertz irradiation; terahertz measurements; terahertz sensing; terahertz technology; Biology; Biomedical imaging; Focusing; Frequency; Medical diagnostic imaging; Physics; Plasma diagnostics; Space technology; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter wave technology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8331-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1338880
