@inproceedings{b56772035c41431d8c2d4daa0d7973a6,
title = "Terahertz Experimental Measurements of Human Breast Tissue",
abstract = "In this paper, the pulsed terahertz (THz) system is proposed for characterizing electrical properties of freshly excised human breast tumors. Single point THz transmission spectroscopy is used to collect data to calculate the refractive index and absorption coefficient of different tissue types across the frequency range from 0.1-3.5 THz. Additionally, a THz reflection imaging method is used to collect data to extract the refractive index and absorption coefficient at each pixel on the tissue. THz images are then constructed based on the extracted coefficients that show good differentiation between different tissue types. The overall goal of this work is to establish THz characterization methodology to be used intraoperatively for the margin assessment of excised breast tumors.",
keywords = "THz reflection mode, THz spectroscopy, absorption coefficient, breast cancer, refractive index",
author = "Nagma Vohra and Keith Bailey and Magda El-Shenawee",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Award # R15CA208798 and in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Award # 1408007. Funding for the pulsed THz system was obtained through NSF/MRI Award # 1228958. We acknowledge the use of tissues procured by the National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) with support from the NIH grant U42OD11158. We also acknowledge the collaboration with Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Oklahoma State University for conducting the histopathology procedure on all the tissues handled in this work. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.; 94th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: RF to Millimeter-Wave Measurement Techniques for 5G and Beyond, ARFTG 2020 ; Conference date: 26-01-2020 Through 29-01-2020",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1109/ARFTG47584.2020.9071691",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2020 94th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: RF to Millimeter-Wave Measurement Techniques for 5G and Beyond, ARFTG 2020",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2020 94th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference",
address = "United States",
}