Qi, J;
He, H;
Lin, J;
Dong, Y;
Chen, D;
Ma, H;
Elson, DS;
(2018)
Assessment of tissue polarimetric properties using Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination.
Journal of Biophotonics
, 11
(4)
10.1002/jbio.201700139.
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Abstract
Tissue‐depolarization and linear‐retardance are the main polarization characteristics of interest for bulk tissue characterization, and are normally interpreted from Mueller polarimetry. Stokes polarimetry can be conducted using simpler instrumentation and in a shorter time. Here, we use Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination to assess the circular‐depolarization and linear‐retardance properties of tissue. Results obtained were compared with Mueller polarimetry in transmission and reflection geometry, respectively. It is found that circular‐depolarization obtained from these 2 methods is very similar in both geometries, and that linear‐retardance is highly quantitatively similar for transmission geometry and qualitatively similar for reflection geometry. The majority of tissue circular‐depolarization and linear‐retardance image information (represented by local image contrast features) obtained from Mueller polarimetry is well preserved from Stokes polarimetry in both geometries. These findings can be referred to for further understanding tissue Stokes polarimetric data, and for further application of Stokes polarimetry under the circumstances where short acquisition time or low optical system complexity is a priority, such as polarimetric endoscopy and microscopy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Assessment of tissue polarimetric properties using Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jbio.201700139 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201700139 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Polarimetric imaging; Tissue polarimetry; Mueller polarimetry; Stokes polarimetry; Imaging through turbid media |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075172 |
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