Title :
Disease diagnostics of biological tissues using free-space technique in terahertz frequency range
Author :
Sadiq Alhuwaidi;Kazi Zubair;Heather Song;Yiqun Shellman;William Robinson;Steven Robinson
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Abstract :
The sensitivity of terahertz absorption to water, biological tissue structure content, and the degree of hydration of diseased tissues are exploited to distinguish between normal and malignant human skin tissues. This can be achieved using free-space technique in terahertz frequency range (110-170 GHz), with the reflection and transmission coefficients, which are converted into the dielectric constant.
Keywords :
"Skin","Antenna measurements","Calibration","Cancer","Frequency measurement","Dielectric measurement","Biological tissues"
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2015 IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/BioCAS.2015.7348378
