Development of a near-field teraHertz microscope for breast cancer diagnostics

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dc.contributor.authorTrimboli, Maxine Grace
dc.contributor.supervisorNaylor, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-21T17:14:47Z
dc.date.available2015-05-21T17:14:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractDue to the sensitivity of teraHertz radiation to differentiating cancerous and healthy tissue, a teraHertz imaging microscope was developed for cancer diagnostics. The subject of this thesis is the design, assembly and verification of such a system. An optical knife-edge test was developed for beam profile determination at both optical and teraHertz frequencies. While waiting for the plasmonic lens to be fabricated an optical analogue imaging system was developed to evaluate the microscope design and software development. The design of the optical and teraHertz imaging systems included a two-axis translation stage with PSO option for sample translation and data collection during stage motion. Through analysis of THz images, verification of sub-wavelength resolution and sensitivity for differentiation of tissue types was determined. Imaging of cancerous samples was not possible at this time, the data presented are samples of rat brain tissue used to verify the system’s capability for margin determination.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3689
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0992en_US
dc.proquest.subject0786en_US
dc.proquest.subject0605en_US
dc.proquest.subjectimagingen_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectphysicsen_US
dc.subjectimagingen_US
dc.subjectcanceren_US
dc.subjectbreasten_US
dc.subjectdiagnosticsen_US
dc.subjectnear-fielden_US
dc.subjectplasmonicsen_US
dc.subjectmedicalen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a near-field teraHertz microscope for breast cancer diagnosticsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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