Title :
Terahertz pulse imaging of human lymph nodes
Author :
Lim, M. ; Jung, E. ; Choi, H. ; Han, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Pohang, South Korea
Abstract :
We present terahertz pulse imaging of human lymph nodes. By analyzing the reflected terahertz pulses from paraffin embedded lymph nodes, we have successfully demonstrated significant imaging contrast between metastatic and normal lymph nodes.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; terahertz wave imaging; human lymph nodes; metastatic lymph node; normal lymph node; paraffin embedded lymph nodes; reflected terahertz pulses; terahertz pulse imaging; Biomedical imaging; Humans; Lymph nodes; Measurement by laser beam; Optical reflection; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612678
