Comparative study of polarized light propagation in biologic tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-306

  Sankaran, Vanitha ^a   Walsh Jr , Joseph T ^a   Maitland, Duncan J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of polarization; Multiple scattering; Stokes vectors

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE; VECTORS;

STOKES VECTORS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BIREFRINGENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036629482     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1483318     Document Type: Article

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