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QUANTITATIVE MUELLER MATRIX POLARIMETRY TECHNIQUES FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUES

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Laboratory of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

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NAN ZENG

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Laboratory of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

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DONGZHI LI

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Laboratory of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China

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RAN LIAO

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Laboratory of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

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HUI MA

Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Laboratory of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793545812500174Cited by:19 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We propose and conduct both the rotating linear polarization imaging (RLPI) and Mueller matrix transformation (MMT) measurements of different biological tissue samples, and testify the capability of the Mueller matrix polarimetry for the anisotropic scattering media. The independent parameters extracted from the RLPI and MMT techniques are compared and analyzed. The tissue experimental results show that the parameters are closely related to the structural characteristics of the turbid scattering media, including the sizes of the scatterers, the angular distribution and order of alignment of the fibers. The results and conclusions in this paper may provide a potential method for the detection of precancerous and early stage cancerous tissues. Also, such studies represent the Mueller matrix transformation procedure which results in a set of parameters linking up the Mueller matrix elements to the structural and optical properties of the media.

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