New parameter for describing and analyzing the optical-anisotropic properties of biological tissues

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-475

  Ushenko, Yu A ^a   Telenga, O I ^a   Peresunko, A P ^b   Numan, O K ^b  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b BUKOVINIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

biological tissue; birefringence; correlation; Polarization; skin derma; statistics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; LASER IMAGES; MUTUAL POLARIZATION; NEW PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; SKIN DERMA; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION;

TISSUE;

EID: 80555144667     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545811001496     Document Type: Article

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