Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 44, Issue 3, 969(2015)

Refraction problems in continuous wave THz-CT

Guo Fenglei1、*, Zhang Mingyue2, Xiao Zheng2, Li Xiangjun1, and Liu Jianjun1
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    Terahertz CT setup was designed and constructed by backward wave Oscillator which has been used to perform computed tomography of 3D objects. However, the imaging quality is affected by strong refraction from materials with the refractive index greater than 1.5 in objects. At first,the cross section image of a teflon modal was reconstructed from the projection dataset by the filteredbackprojection algorithm , then high refraction effects were analyzed. Finally, a human tooth sample was scanned and the cross section images were reconstructed to reveal its internal structures. However, the accuracy and resolution of the images were still limited owing to the high refraction effects. And the terahertz transmission depth in teeth was seriously affected by the thickness of enamel. The results in paper are helpful to improve the imaging quality of THz-CT and promote its applications especially in biomedical imaging of human bones like human tooth.

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    Category: THz 技术及应用

    Received: Jul. 5, 2014

    Accepted: Aug. 15, 2014

    Published Online: Jan. 26, 2016

    The Author Email: Fenglei Guo (tidegfl@cjlu.edu.cn)

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