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Biomedical Imaging

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Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging

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This chapter builds on the basic principles of THz spectroscopy and explains how they can be applied to biomedical systems as well as the motivation for doing so. Sample preparation techniques and measurement methods for biomedical samples are described in detail. Examples of medical applications investigated hitherto including breast cancer and skin cancer are also presented.

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  1. Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China

    Emma MacPherson

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  1. , Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistokatu Street 7, Joensuu, 80100, Finland

    Kai-Erik Peiponen

  2. , Department of Chemical Engineering and, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, United Kingdom

    Axel Zeitler

  3. , School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku 7-3-1, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami

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MacPherson, E. (2012). Biomedical Imaging. In: Peiponen, KE., Zeitler, A., Kuwata-Gonokami, M. (eds) Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 171. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29564-5_16

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