GB2380920B - Imaging apparatus and method - Google Patents

Imaging apparatus and method

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GB2380920B
GB2380920B GB0201614A GB0201614A GB2380920B GB 2380920 B GB2380920 B GB 2380920B GB 0201614 A GB0201614 A GB 0201614A GB 0201614 A GB0201614 A GB 0201614A GB 2380920 B GB2380920 B GB 2380920B
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imaging apparatus
imaging
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Vincent Patrick Wallace
Ruth Mary Woodward
Donald Dominic Arnone
Bryan Edward Cole
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TeraView Ltd
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Priority to EP02751361A priority Critical patent/EP1428011A2/en
Priority to US10/489,542 priority patent/US7335883B2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2002/003534 priority patent/WO2003023383A2/en
Priority to JP2003527406A priority patent/JP2005504959A/en
Publication of GB2380920A publication Critical patent/GB2380920A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/17—Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
    • G01N21/25—Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands
    • G01N21/31—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
    • G01N21/35—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light
    • G01N21/3581—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using far infrared light; using Terahertz radiation
    • G01N21/3586—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using far infrared light; using Terahertz radiation by Terahertz time domain spectroscopy [THz-TDS]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/17—Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
    • G01N21/47—Scattering, i.e. diffuse reflection
    • G01N21/4795—Scattering, i.e. diffuse reflection spatially resolved investigating of object in scattering medium
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N22/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more

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  • Biochemistry (AREA)
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  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By Optical Means (AREA)
GB0201614A 2001-09-12 2002-01-24 Imaging apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related GB2380920B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP02751361A EP1428011A2 (en) 2001-09-12 2002-07-29 Imaging apparatus and method
US10/489,542 US7335883B2 (en) 2001-09-12 2002-07-29 Imaging apparatus and method
PCT/GB2002/003534 WO2003023383A2 (en) 2001-09-12 2002-07-29 Imaging apparatus and method
JP2003527406A JP2005504959A (en) 2001-09-12 2002-07-29 Image processing apparatus and method

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB0122052A GB0122052D0 (en) 2001-09-12 2001-09-12 Imaging apparatus and method

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GB0201614D0 GB0201614D0 (en) 2002-03-13
GB2380920A GB2380920A (en) 2003-04-16
GB2380920B true GB2380920B (en) 2004-07-07

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EP0841548A2 (en) * 1996-11-06 1998-05-13 Lucent Technologies Inc. Systems and methods for processing and analyzing terahertz waveforms
EP0864857A1 (en) * 1997-03-14 1998-09-16 Lucent Technologies Inc. Method and apparatus for terahertz tomographic imaging
GB2347835A (en) * 1999-02-23 2000-09-13 Toshiba Res Europ Ltd Terahertz radiation imaging
GB2360186A (en) * 2000-03-03 2001-09-12 Toshiba Res Europ Ltd Investigating or imaging a sample using reflected terahertz pulses

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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INSPEC abstract Number 6665442 & D D Arnone et al, "Applications of terahertz technology to medical imaging", Proceedings of the SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 1999, SPIE, pp209-219, Vol 3828. *
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