Presenter: Moumita Mukherjee

Title: Terahertz Imaging and Early Detection of COVID-19

Duration: 15 min.

Abstract: The research purpose is to bridge the gap in early diagnosis of nCOVID patients – replacing infra-red thermal scanning by Terahertz (THz) –thermograph scanning. The study is focused on to explore the possibility of developing THz-thermographs of infected & non-infected respiratory epithelium cell and to study the contrast image to detect abnormality at early stage (during incubation period of novel corona virus) in asymptomatic population. Also, the research is focused on the development of  an AI enabled image processing / analyzing tool to minimize false positive / negative to enhance the level of accuracy.

Biography: Dr. Moumita Mukherjee did her post graduation in Applied Physics and Biomedical Engineering and PhD in Radiophysics and Electronics from University of Calcutta, India. She did her post doctoral research from Newcastle University, UK. Dr. Mukherjee is former Scientist, DRDO Centre of Excellence, Govt of India and presently Associate Professor at the Department of Physics in Adamas University - Kolkata, India. Dr. Mukherjee is adjunct professor of Biomedical Instrumentation of Calcutta University & WBUHS. Her research domain is Terahertz science and technology, Biomedical device development and medical imaging. Dr. Mukherjee is author of more than 150 peer reviewed research papers in International journals and IEEE proceedings. She is author of four books, twelve book chapters and principal investigator of four industry funded research projects. Dr. Mukherjee received National award from Govt of India and project recognition from DST, Govt of India. She is editor, reviewer and organisers of many frontline journals and IEEE, IEI IETE, IoP and AIP sponsored conferences worldwide. Dr. Mukherje is member/life member of international professional bodies internationally.

Contact:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Moumita Mukherjee, M.Sc. M.Tech. Ph.D ( Tech.)
Dept. of Physics, School of Basic & Applied Sciences
Adamas University, Calcutta, India
email: drmmukherjee@outlook.com