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Title: Diffraction mode terahertz tomography

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175970

A method of obtaining a series of images of a three-dimensional object. The method includes the steps of transmitting pulsed terahertz (THz) radiation through the entire object from a plurality of angles, optically detecting changes in the transmitted THz radiation using pulsed laser radiation, and constructing a plurality of imaged slices of the three-dimensional object using the detected changes in the transmitted THz radiation. The THz radiation is transmitted through the object as a two-dimensional array of parallel rays. The optical detection is an array of detectors such as a CCD sensor.

Research Organization:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; US Army Research Office (ARO)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-98ER62706; DAAD-19-99-1-0333; DAAD-1999C0045
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,129,491
Application Number:
10/843,899
OSTI ID:
1175970
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2004 May 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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