Title :
Distinguishing morphological changes with polarized light scattering
Author :
Mourant, Judith R. ; Johnson, Tamara M. ; Aida, Toru ; Carpenter, Sue ; Freyer, James P.
Author_Institution :
Bioscience Div., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
Results of work determining how different biological structures contribute to light scattering will be presented. Further, measurements of phantoms that mimic structural changes expected in vivo will be presented. It is found that polarized measurements can discriminate between phantoms with similar properties.
Keywords :
bio-optics; cancer; light polarisation; light scattering; patient diagnosis; phantoms; biomedical optics; cancer detection; cell growth rate; epithelial tissues; expected structural changes; in vivo; morphological changes distinguishing; noninvasive measurements; noninvasive optical diagnostics; phantoms; polarized light scattering; Biomedical measurements; Imaging phantoms; Light scattering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Probes; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053288
