Proof-of-principle demonstration of a Mueller matrix decomposition method for polarized light tissue characterization in vivo

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wood, Michael F G ^a   Ghosh, Nirmalya ^a   Moriyama, Eduardo H ^a   Wilson, Brian C ^a   Vitkin, I Alex ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

collagen; extracellular matrix; Mueller matrix; polarized light; tissue characterization; window chamber model

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; CONTROL REGION; DERMAL TISSUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; IN-VIVO; MUELLER MATRIX; NUDE MICE; POLAR MATRIX; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WINDOW CHAMBER MODEL; WINDOW CHAMBERS;

CHARACTERIZATION; COLLAGEN; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAMMALS; POLARIZATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

TISSUE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 65349110395     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3065545     Document Type: Article

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