Polarized light imaging of the human brain: A new approach to the data analysis of tilted sections

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9099, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wiese, Hendrik ^a,b   Gräßel, David ^a   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^a,b   Amunts, Katrin ^a,c   Axer, Markus ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Human connectome; Inclination; Polarized light imaging; Tilting stage

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BRAIN; FIBERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

FAST COMPUTATION; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; HUMAN CONNECTOME; INCLINATION; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; TISSUE BIREFRINGENCE;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 84905748560     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2053305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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