Using terahertz pulsed imaging (TPI) to identify colonic pathology.

Author

Reese, G. ; Reid, Chris ; Goldin, R. ; My-Anh Tran-Dang ; Fitzgerald, A. ; Tekkis, P. ; Wallace, Vincent P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biosurgery & Surg. Technol., Imperial Coll. London, London

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Terahertz pulsed imaging (TPI) is a non-ionizing and non-destructive technique. Image contrast has been seen between normal and diseased tissues in ex vivo measurements. In this study, terahertz images of excised colon tissue show contrast between regions of tumor and normal tissue. Averaged waveforms from within tumor and normal regions are different. A number of parameters from the data have been identified that show statistically significant differences (p<0.01) between data from tumor and normal regions.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; cancer; submillimetre wave imaging; tumours; colon tissue; colonic pathology; diseased tissues; excised colon tissue; image contrast; terahertz pulsed imaging; tumor; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Cancer; Colon; Diseases; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Neoplasms; Optical imaging; Pathology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2119-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2120-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665690

Filename

4665690