The potential of terahertz imaging for cancer diagnosis: A review of investigations to date.

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Published in Quant Imaging Med Surg on March 01, 2012

Authors

Calvin Yu1, Shuting Fan, Yiwen Sun, Emma Pickwell-Macpherson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong;

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