Terahertz Imaging for Biomedical Applications Pattern Recognition and Tomographic Reconstruction /

• Main Authors: Yin, Xiaoxia (Author), Ng, Brian W.-H (Author), Abbott, Derek (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Pattern recognition.; Biomedical engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Biomedical Engineering.; Pattern Recognition.

Terahertz Imaging for Biomedical Applications: Pattern Recognition and Tomographic Reconstruction presents the necessary algorithms needed to assist screening, diagnosis, and treatment, and these algorithms will play a critical role in the accurate detection of abnormalities present in biomedical im...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Motivation to Terahertz Radiation
• Terahertz Sources and Detectors
• Terahertz Imaging Modes
• Terahertz Imaging Analysis
• Pattern Formation and Recognition Using T-rays
• Wavelet Transforms
• Feature Extraction and Selection
• Pattern Classification
• THz Pattern Recognition Experiments
• Terahertz Computed Tomography
• 2D Wavelet Segmentation in 3D T-ray CT
• Wavelet-Based Terahertz Coherent Local Tomography
• Local CT Using a THz QCL
• Conclusions and Outlook.