Polar decomposition of 3 × 3 Mueller matrix: A tool for quantitative tissue polarimetry

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9324-9337

  Swami, M K ^a   Manhas, S ^a   Buddhiwant, P ^a   Ghosh, N ^a   Uppal, A ^a   Gupta, P K ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; TISSUE;

DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; MUELLER MATRIX; POLAR DECOMPOSITION; QUANTITATIVE TISSUE POLARIMETRY;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33749419138     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009324     Document Type: Article

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