DocumentCode :
2513961
Title :
Understanding terahertz data for medical applications
Author :
Wallace, V.P. ; Fitzgerald, A.J. ; Pickwell-MacPherson, E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
fYear :
2012
fDate :
23-28 Sept. 2012
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
Here we describe our efforts to improve our understanding of differences detected between normal and cancerous tissue in the THz regime. By using a model and plugging in data extracted from spectroscopy measurements we are able to calculate expected reflections from diseased and healthy tissues which help to identify sources of image contrast.
Keywords :
biological tissues; cancer; terahertz wave imaging; cancerous tissue; data extraction plugging; diseased tissue; healthy tissues; image contrast; medical applications; normal tissue; spectroscopy measurements; terahertz data; Breast tissue; Breast tumors; Cancer; Data models; Imaging; Surgery;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
ISSN :
2162-2027
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380434
Filename :
6380434
Link To Document :
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