3D imaging with a terahertz quantum cascade laser

Author

Nguyen, K. Lien ; Johns, Mike L. ; Gladden, Lynn F. ; Worrall, Christopher H. ; Alexander, Paul ; Barbieri, Stefano ; Beere, Harvey E. ; Ritchie, David A. ; Linfleld, E.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

19-23 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

11

Abstract

Results are presented for the first imaging system that combines the high power of terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) with the 3D image reconstruction capability of computed tomography (CT). Cross-sectional images of phantoms have been successfully reconstructed revealing both their external and internal structures.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; computerised tomography; image reconstruction; measurement by laser beam; microwave imaging; phantoms; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave imaging; submillimetre wave lasers; submillimetre wave measurement; 3D image reconstruction; 3D imaging; computed tomography; cross-sectional phantom images; terahertz imaging system; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; Chemical engineering; Computed tomography; Fourier transforms; Image reconstruction; Imaging phantoms; Mirrors; Optical imaging; Quantum cascade lasers; Reconstruction algorithms; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2005. IRMMW-THz 2005. The Joint 30th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9348-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2005.1572381

Filename

1572381