公开(公告)号：EP1428011A2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-16

申请号：EP02751361.3

申请日：2002-07-29

申请人： Teraview Limited

发明人： WALLACE, Vincent, PatrickTeraView Limited ,  WOODWARD, Ruth, MaryTeraView Limited ,  ARNONE, Donald, DominicTeraView Limited ,  COLE, Bryan, EdwardTeraView Limited

IPC分类号： G01N21/47

CPC分类号： G01N21/3586 ,  A61B5/0037 ,  G01N21/4795 ,  G01N22/00

摘要： 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.