Title :
Characterization of birefringence in a rabbit cornea
Author :
Satheesan, Bhavana ; Cote, Gerard L.
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Program, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
The aim is to develop an optical system to characterize the variations in corneal birefringence in a rabbit model, both qualitatively and quantitatively, via the use of Mueller matrix theory. The system was characterized with a known birefringent material, namely a 1/4 wave plate, followed by in vitro studies on an excised rabbit eye
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; birefringence; eye; physiological models; Mueller matrix theory; corneal birefringence; excised rabbit eye; in vitro studies; known birefringent material; optical polarization setup; optical system; quarter wave plate; rabbit cornea; rabbit model; Birefringence; Cornea; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical retarders; Optical sensors; Rabbits; Sugar;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803937
