Title :
Terahertz imaging of carcinoma-affected colon tissues fixed in paraffin
Author :
R. Venckevičius;I. Kašalynas;F. Wahaia;A. Urbanovič;G. Molis;D. Seliuta;G. Valušis;F. Carneiro;Pedro L. Granja;C. D. Carvalho Silva;J. Trontelj
Author_Institution :
Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, A. Goš
Abstract :
A compact THz imaging system was developed for the adenocarcinoma-affected human colon tissues measurement simultaneously in transmission and reflection geometry. The contrast between the cancer and control tissues fixed in paraffin at 0.6 THz frequency was up to 23%.
Keywords :
"Imaging","Reflection","Cancer","Colon","Absorption","Geometry","Spatial resolution"
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2015 40th International Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2035
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327457
