Two-dimensional and surface backscattering Mueller matrices of anisotropic sphere-cylinder scattering media: A quantitative study of influence from fibrous scatterers

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  He, Honghui ^a   Zeng, Nan ^a   Du, E ^a   Guo, Yihong ^a   Li, Dongzhi ^a   Liao, Ran ^a   He, Yonghong ^a   Ma, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anisotropy; Mueller matrix; polarization; scattering; tissue

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING MEDIA; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MUELLER MATRIX; MUELLER MATRIX ELEMENTS; PERIODICAL VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE BACKSCATTERING;

ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EXPERIMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING; TISSUE; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; LIVER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWINE;

EID: 84879911834     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.4.046002     Document Type: Article

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