Optical properties of human tissue at terahertz frequencies

Caroline D. Sudworth; Anthony J. Fitzgerald; Elizabeth Berry; Nickolay N Zinov'ev; Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam M.D.; Robert E Miles; Martyn Chamberlain; Mike A Smith

doi:10.1117/12.500461

14 October 2003 Optical properties of tissue at terahertz frequencies

Caroline D. Sudworth, Anthony J. Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Berry, Nickolay N Zinov'ev, Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam M.D., Robert E Miles, Martyn Chamberlain, Mike A Smith

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Proceedings Volume 5143, Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.500461
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2003, 2003, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A pulsed terahertz imaging system has been developed for potential use in vivo. Few data are available regarding the optical properties of human tissue at terahertz frequencies. This work demonstrates transmission measurements through human ex vivo tissue sections, and determines broadband refractive indices, and broadband and frequency dependent absorption coefficients. The data presented here are the first systematic measurements of this type. Significant differences were found between a numbers of human tissue types.

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Caroline D. Sudworth, Anthony J. Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Berry, Nickolay N Zinov'ev, Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam M.D., Robert E Miles, Martyn Chamberlain, and Mike A Smith "Optical properties of tissue at terahertz frequencies", Proc. SPIE 5143, Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications, (14 October 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.500461

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