@inproceedings{48bc944653f64b49bc9414cd213c3482,
title = "THz hydration sensitivity: Dielectric substrate window considerations",
abstract = "Variations in water volume fraction have been investigated as a possible source of contrast in several reflective THz medical imaging applications including corneal hydration sensing and burn wound severity diagnosis. Due to surface roughness and non-planar geometry most reflective systems employ low loss windows such as quartz or sapphire to minimize the effects of the specimen's topology. This creates a multilayer system consisting of the dielectric substrate window between the tissue medium and free space. Multilayer systems have interference effects due to internal reflections that vary periodically with frequency. To investigate the effects of interference on THz hydration sensing, we implemented an electromagnetic model that computes sensitivity metrics given a window index, window thickness, and incidence angle.",
author = "James Garritano and Shijun Sung and Neha Bajwa and Bryan Nowroozi and Warren Grundfest and Taylor, {Zachary D.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 2014 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting, USNC-URSI NRSM 2014 ; Conference date: 08-01-2014 Through 11-01-2014",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
day = "16",
doi = "10.1109/USNC-URSI-NRSM.2014.6928148",
language = "English",
series = "2014 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting, USNC-URSI NRSM 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2014 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting, USNC-URSI NRSM 2014",
address = "United States",
}