Title :
Experimental terahertz Z-scan imaging of three-dimensional paraffin embedded breast cancer tissue
Author :
Bowman, Tyler C. ; El-Shenawee, Magda ; Campbell, Lucas K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents experimental terahertz imaging of three-dimensional breast cancer tissue embedded in a paraffin block. The imaging was performed using a Z-scan time domain pulsed terahertz system with frequency range of 0.1 to 4 THz. The pathology images of 4-5 μm thick sections were used for visual correlation of cancer and fibroglandular tissue regions to the THz images. The THz results show good correlation with pathology images.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical imaging; cancer; terahertz wave imaging; waxes; Z-scan time domain pulsed terahertz system; cancer tissue region correlation; experimental terahertz Z-scan imaging; fibroglandular tissue region correlation; frequency 0.1 THz to 4 THz; frequency range; pathology image; size 4 mum to 5 mum; three-dimensional paraffin embedded breast cancer tissue; visual correlation; Biomedical imaging; Breast; Pathology; Reflection; Terahertz; biomedical imaging; breast cancer;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166985
