DocumentCode :
831599
Title :
Sharper sight for surgeons
Author :
Evans-Pughe, Chris
Volume :
49
Issue :
9
fYear :
2003
Firstpage :
40
Lastpage :
43
Abstract :
Terahertz radiation could become a new weapon in the fight against cancer, thanks to its capacity to identify minute variations in soft tissue undetectable by other imaging methods. The radiation excites interactions between adjacent molecules and it´s the secondary radiation produced by these molecular vibrations that provides the basis for cancer detection. The resulting spectral ´fingerprint´ serves as an indicator of epithelial cancers (cancers in the area near the surface of various tissues such as skin, breast, prostate etc). This article describes Teraview´s imaging system, its development and challenges to be overcome.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; cancer; laser applications in medicine; submillimetre wave imaging; Teraview; adjacent molecules interactions excitation; breast cancer; cancer detection; epithelial cancers; molecular vibrations; prostate cancer; secondary radiation; skin cancer; soft tissue variations identification; terahertz radiation;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
IEE Review
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0953-5683
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/ir:20030907
Filename :
1246577
Link To Document :
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