KB2  Terahertz Medical Imaging

Friday, January 10  13:20-16:40  Room 1B51

Session Chairs:  Kubilay Sertel, Zachary Taylor

13:20  KB2-1  THZ MEDICAL IMAGING: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OUTLOOKS

Zachary D. Taylor*1,2,3, Shijun Sung1, James Garritano2, Neha Bajwa2, Bryan Nowroozi2,3, Warren Grundfest1,2,3

1Electrical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2Biogengineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
33Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA


13:40  KB2-2  HUMAN TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION AND CANCER MARGIN ASSESSMENT: TOWARD REAL-TIME THZ IMAGING FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

Woon-Gi Yeo*1, Niru K. Nahar1, Charles L. Hitchcock2, Kubilay Sertel1

1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio


14:00  KB2-3  LIMITED ANGLE THZ COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FOR TISSUE IMAGING

Georgios C. Trichopoulos*, Kubilay Sertel

The Ohio State University, ElectroScience Laboratory, Columbus, OH


14:20  KB2-4  IMAGING AND ANALYSIS OF HETEROGENEOUS BREAST CANCER TISSUE USING PULSED TERAHERTZ SYSTEM

Tyler Bowman*, Magda El-Shenawee

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR


14:40  KB2-5  THZ HYDRATION SENSITIVITY: DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE WINDOW CONSIDERATIONS

James M. Garritano*1, Shijun Sung2, Neha Bajwa1, Bryan Nowroozi1,3, Warren S. Grundfest1,2,3, Zachary D. Taylor1,2,3

1Bioengineering, UCLA, Los Angeles
2Electrical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles
3Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology, Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles


15:20  KB2-6  THZ IMAGING OBJECTIVE DESIGN WITH FIXED BACK FOCAL DISTANCE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Shijun Sung*1, James M. Garritano2, Nuria Llombart3, Neha Bajwa2, Priyamvada Tewari2, Bryan N. Nowroozi2,4, Warren S. Grundfest1,2,4, Zachary D. Taylor1,2,4

1Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
2Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
3EEMCS, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NETHERLANDS
4Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles


15:40  KB2-7  SINGLE PIXEL TERAHERTZ IMAGING: TOWARDS BIO-MEDICINE APPLICATIONS

Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez*1, Huili G. Xing2

1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN


16:00  KB2-8  DIAGNOSIS OF BURN SEVERITY USING TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY

M. Hassan Arbab*1, Sam Henry2, Adelaide Warsen3, Dale Winebrenner1, Nicholas Shubin3, Anne Hocking3, Saman Arbabi3

1Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2Institute of Technology, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
3Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA


16:20  KB2-9  THZ IMPULSE RADAR FOR MEDICAL IMAGING

Elliott R. Brown*1, Shijun Sung2, Warren W. Grundfest3,4,2, Zachary Z. Taylor3,4,2

1Electrical Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2Electrical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
3Bioengineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
4Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA