Polarization singularities of biological tissues images

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Angelsky, O V ^a   Ushenko, A G ^a   Ushenko, Y G ^a   Tomka, Y Y ^a  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Biological tissue; Polarization singularity; Power spectrum; Statistical moments; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LARGE INTESTINE; METHODOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINE, LARGE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; COORDINATE DISTRIBUTION; POLARIZATION SINGULARITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33845352532     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2360527     Document Type: Article

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