Mueller matrix decomposition for polarized light assessment of biological tissues

Journal of Biophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-156

  Ghosh, Nirmalya ^a,b   Wood, Michael F G ^a,b   Li, Shu hong ^c,d,e   Weisel, Richard D ^c,d,e   Wilson, Brian C ^a,b   Li, Ren Ke ^c,d,e   Vitkin, I Alex ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Glucose; Non invasive tissue characterization; Optical activity; Polarimetry; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; MATRIX ELEMENTS; MUELLER MATRIX; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE; NON-INVASIVE; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICAL POLARIZATION; POLARIZED LIGHT; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL THERAPY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TURBID MEDIA;

BIREFRINGENCE; ELLIPSOMETRY; GLUCOSE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE; TURBIDITY;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; HEART INFARCTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEWIS RAT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL ROTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RAT; REGENERATION; STATISTICS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 65449119149     PISSN: 1864063X     EISSN: 18640648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200810040     Document Type: Article

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