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THz Time-Domain Spectroscopic Imaging of Human Articular Cartilage

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program (2009–0083512), and the Priority Research Centers Program (2010–0029711) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea and the Brain Korea 21 Project, and by the IT Consilience Creative Program (C1515-1121-0003).

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  1. National Research Lab for Nano-THz Photonics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, POSTECH, San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, 790-784, Korea

    Euna Jung, Hongkyu Park, Kiwon Moon, Meehyun Lim, Youngwoong Do & Haewook Han

  2. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Pungnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, Korea

    Hyuck Jae Choi

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Ajou University, 5 Woncheon-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, Korea

    Byung-Hyun Min

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Information Technology, Ajou University, 5 Woncheon-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, Korea

    Sangin Kim, Ikmo Park & Hanjo Lim

  5. Department of Molecular Science and Technology, College of Engineering, Ajou University, 5 Woncheon-dong, Youngtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, Korea

    Byung-Hyun Min

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Jung, E., Park, H., Moon, K. et al. THz Time-Domain Spectroscopic Imaging of Human Articular Cartilage. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 33, 593–598 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-012-9903-0

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