Abstract-Feasibility of terahertz reflectometry for discrimination of human early gastric cancers

Feasibility of terahertz reflectometry for discrimination of human early gastric cancers Young Bin Ji, Chan Hyuk Park, Hyunki Kim, Sang-Hoon Kim, Gyu Min Lee, Sam Kyu Noh, Tae-In Jeon, Joo-Hiuk Son, Yong-Min Huh, Seungjoo Haam, Seung Jae Oh, Sang Kil Lee, and Jin-Suck Suh  »View Author Affiliations

Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 1398-1406 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.6.001398

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We have investigated the feasibility of THz time-domain reflectometry for the discrimination of human early gastric cancer (EGC) from the normal gastric region. Eight fresh EGC tissues, which were resected by endoscopic submucosal dissection, were studied. Of them, six lesions were well discriminated on THz images and the regions well correlated with tumor regions on pathologically mapped images. Four THz parameters could be suggested for quantitative discrimination of EGCs.

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