Medical imaging using on-chip THz waveguides

使用片上太赫兹波导的医学成像

• 批准号: 2883710
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2883710
• 关键词: Medical; imaging; using; chip; THz

The project will develop new imaging modalities for medical imaging using THz light to include both free space and guided wave systems. Specifically, resonant on-chip THz circuits will be developed for scanned imaging in which contrast will appear caused by differences in THz permittivity between cancerous and non-cancerous tissue. We will also investigate the use of commercial THz cameras in developing simple THz imaging systems for use in imaging / mapping a surgical scene. Tissue phantoms will be developed to act as a stand in for the surgical environment in the first instance, while the eventual goal is incorporation of the chips/ imaging system into an existing endoscopic probe. Experimental work will be validated and understood with the aid of full 3D modelling performed using commercial high frequency software (including HFSS). The work will link in with an ongoing EPSRC Programme Grant in this area.

该项目将开发使用太赫兹光进行医学成像的新成像方式，包括自由空间和导波系统。具体地说，将开发用于扫描成像的共振片上太赫兹电路，其中，由于癌症组织和非癌症组织之间的太赫兹介电常数的差异，将出现对比。我们还将研究商用太赫兹相机在开发简单的太赫兹成像系统中的使用，用于成像/绘制手术场景。组织模体将首先被开发为手术环境的替身，而最终目标是将芯片/成像系统整合到现有的内窥镜探头中。实验工作将在使用商业高频软件(包括HFSS)进行的全3D建模的帮助下进行验证和理解。这项工作将与这一领域正在进行的EPSRC方案赠款相联系。