Title :
THz dielectric fiber based imaging: In vivo molecular imaging of water
Author_Institution :
Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this presentation, we review our recent development on the dielectric THz fibers/waveguides and their applications on THz fiber-delivered and fiber-scanning bio-imaging. Within the sub-THz regime, we find that in vivo imaging contrasts are dominated by water, which acts as the THz signature of life.
Keywords :
dielectric-loaded waveguides; fibres; mammography; molecular biophysics; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave imaging; water; H2O; THz dielectric fiber based imaging; THz fiber-delivered bioimaging; THz fiber-scanning bioimaging; THz mammogram; dielectric THz fibers; dielectric THz waveguides; in vivo molecular imaging; vivo imaging contrasts; water; Biomedical imaging; Blogs; Image resolution; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665914
