Characterization of depolarizing optical media by means of the entropy factor: Application to biological tissues

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 358-365

  Cubián, David Pereda ^a   Diego, José Luis Arce ^a   Rentmeesters, Raf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DERMATOLOGY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLARIMETERS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; UROLOGY;

DEPOLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; ENTROPY FACTORS; MULLER MATRIX; OPTICAL MEDIA;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; EYE; HUMAN; LIGHT; OPTICS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENTROPY; EYE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS;

EID: 12844265333     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.000358     Document Type: Article

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