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Title:
IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003023383
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of imaging a sample, the method comprising: (a) irradiating a sample with a pulse of electromagnetic radiation, said pulse having a plurality of frequencies in the range from 25 GHz to 100 THz; (b) determining a first parameter related to the amplitude of the radiation, which is either reflected from and/or transmitted by the sample, in the time domain; (c) calculating the value of the first parameter at a first time value relative to the value of the first parameter at a second time value which coincides with a physical feature of the dataset of the first parameter with respect to time; and (d) generating an image by plotting the value calculated in step (c) for different points of the sample.

Inventors:
WALLACE VINCENT PATRICK (GB)
WOODWARD RUTH MARY (GB)
ARNONE DONALD DOMINIC (GB)
COLE BRYAN EDWARD (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2002/003534
Publication Date:
July 10, 2003
Filing Date:
July 29, 2002
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Assignee:
TERAVIEW LTD (GB)
WALLACE VINCENT PATRICK (GB)
WOODWARD RUTH MARY (GB)
ARNONE DONALD DOMINIC (GB)
COLE BRYAN EDWARD (GB)
International Classes:
G01N21/17; G01N21/35; G01N21/47; G01N22/00; (IPC1-7): G01N21/47; A61B5/00; G01N21/35
Domestic Patent References:
WO2001065240A12001-09-07
Foreign References:
GB2347835A2000-09-13
EP0864857A11998-09-16
EP0841548A21998-05-13
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