Development and calibration of an automated Mueller matrix polarization imaging system

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-349

  Baba, Justin S ^a   Chung, Jung Rae ^a   DeLaughter, Aimee H ^a   Cameron, Brent D ^a,b   Coté, Gerard L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Mueller matrix; Polarization imaging; Skin cancer; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SKIN; TUMORS;

MUELLER MATRIX POLARIZATION;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0036629484     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1486248     Document Type: Article

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