Title :
Optical assessment of anisotropy in ex vivo rat bladders
Author :
Alali, S. ; Aitken, K.J. ; Bagli, D.J. ; Vitkin, I.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Biophys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We used polarized light imaging and optical coherence tomography to quantify anisotropy in normal ex-vivo rat bladder during distension. The anisotropy change is due to microstructural remodelling during distension rather than thickness change.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomedical optical imaging; optical tomography; anisotropy change; anisotropy optical assessment; distension; ex vivo rat bladder; microstructural remodelling; normal ex-vivo rat bladder; optical coherence tomography; polarized light imaging; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Bladder; Geometrical optics; Matrix decomposition; Optical imaging; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
