A new approach to Mueller matrix reconstruction of skin cancer lesions using a dual rotating retarder polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6080, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ramella Roman, Jessica C ^a,b   Duncan, Don D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mueller matrix; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION MATRIX; DUAL ROTATING RETARDER POLARIMETER (DRR); LEAST-SQUARE APPROACH; MUELLER MATRIX;

DERMATOLOGY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; SKIN; TUMORS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33646182646     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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