Polarization-degree imaging contrast in turbid media: A quantitative study

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4491-4496

  Shao, Hanrong ^a   He, Yonghong ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Ma, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS; TISSUE CULTURE; TURBIDITY;

IMAGING CONTRAST; INTRALIPID CONCENTRATION; METAL TARGETS; TURBID MEDIA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747105603     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004491     Document Type: Article

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