Polarized light propagation in multiply scattering media exhibiting both linear birefringence and optical activity: Monte Carlo model and experimental methodology

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Wood, Michael F G ^a,b   Guo, Xinxin ^a,b   Vitkin, I Alex ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Jones N matrix formalism; Light polarization; Monte Carlo modeling; Multiply scattering media; Stokes polarimeter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOMETRY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIMETERS; POLYACRYLATES; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

JONES N-MATRIX FORMALISM; MULTIPLY SCATTERING MEDIA; STOKES POLARIMETER;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 34247594341     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2434980     Document Type: Article

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