Methodology for examining polarized light interactions with tissues and tissuelike media in the exact backscattering direction

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 330-337

  Studinski, Ryan C N ^a   Vitkin, I Alex ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; TISSUE; TURBIDITY;

INCIDENT LIGHT; POLARIZATION MODULATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034214856     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.430004     Document Type: Article

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