Quantitative polarized phase microscopy for birefringence imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 17690-17698

  Dragomir, Nicoleta M ^a   Goh, Xiao M ^a   Curl, Claire L ^a   Delbridge, Lea M D ^a   Roberts, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

BRACE-KÖHLER METHOD; PHASE IMAGING; RETARDATION DISTRIBUTION;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549028083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017690     Document Type: Article

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