Two-dimensional depth-resolved Mueller matrix characterization of biological tissue by optical coherence tomography

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 537-539

  Yao, Gang ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHOTODIODES; TOMOGRAPHY;

MUELLER MATRIX; NONPOLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS (NBS); OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); POLARIZERS; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES (SLD); VARIABLE-WAVE PLATES; ZERO-ORDER HALF-WAVE PLATES; ZERO-ORDER QUARTER-WAVE PLATES;

TISSUE;

EID: 0032614872     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.000537     Document Type: Article

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