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SUMMARY:Terahertz technology: Shedding light on cancer - Dr Philip Ashwort
 h\, Guy's Hospital
DTSTART:20091006T130000Z
DTEND:20091006T134000Z
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CONTACT:Duncan Simpson
DESCRIPTION:In this seminar I will give a brief overview of the applicatio
 ns of THz technology in the world of medicine followed by a closer look at
  how we can use THz pulses as a tool to aid clinicians in identifying canc
 erous tissue during at the diagnosis stage or for removal during surgery. 
 We will look at the work done to characterise the behaviour of THz pulses 
 with biological materials and how contrasts can be seen between normal and
  cancerous tissue. The talk will end with a glance at a new medical probe 
 which has been developed by TeraView Ltd. for use in surgery on breast can
 cer patients and an outline and discussion of future research possibilitie
 s
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Centre for Physics of Medicine (PoM)
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