@inproceedings{e7b261862ed24b139e6d261d27f529e9,
title = "Modelling the Interaction of THz Waves with Breast Cancer Tissues",
abstract = "We demonstrate the application of Double Debye theory combined with Finite-Difference Time-Domain technique to model terahertz wave interaction with breast tumor tissues. It has been shown that terahertz signals are strongly absorbed by water. Biological tissue has high water content, which is a possible reason for contrast when utilizing terahertz technology in breast cancer imaging. While results demonstrated the contrast between fatty and cancerous breast tissues, the challenge lies in the low contrast between cancerous and fibroglandular tissues (normal tissue). Therefore, computer simulations are needed to investigate a method to manipulate and enhance the contrast between these tissues for the sake of using terahertz technology in tumor margin assessment.",
keywords = "breast cancer tumor, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), terahertz (THz)",
author = "Amir Shariffar and Tyler Bowman and Chenggang Lai and Miaoqing Huang and Magda El-Shenawee and Keith Bailey",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 2018 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2018 ; Conference date: 08-07-2018 Through 13-07-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2018.8609091",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2018 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2018 - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1843--1844",
booktitle = "2018 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2018 - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}