Rotating linear polarization imaging technique for anisotropic tissues

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Liao, Ran ^a   Zeng, Nan ^a   Jiang, Xiaoyu ^a   Li, Dongzhi ^a   Yun, Tianliang ^a   He, Yonghong ^a   Ma, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Imaging; Polarization; Scattering; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS; ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; LINEAR POLARIZATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ORIENTATION ANGLES; POLARIZATION ANGLE;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; ROTATION; TISSUE;

POLARIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; HEART; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; CHICKENS; HEART; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE;

EID: 78650501934     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3442730     Document Type: Article

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