Polarization-Sensitive Techniques

doi:10.1117/3.1003040.ch12

Book: Tissue Optics: Light Scattering Methods and Instruments for Medical Diagnostics, Third Edition

Author(s): Valery V. Tuchin

Published: 2015

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.1003040.ch12

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Abstract

In this chapter, polarization-sensitive techniques for imaging and functional diagnosis of biological tissue are considered. Methods are described based on polarization discrimination of a probe polarized light that is scattered by, or transmitted through, a tissue or a cell structure. The advantages of polarization methods for tissue imaging and functional diagnostics are discussed. It is shown that polarization-spectral selection of scattered radiation and polarization-fluorescence method significantly improve the diagnostic potential of the method.