Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography for zebrafish imaging

Preliminary results about the application of fibre-optic polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography to zebrafish imaging are reported. Polarization properties of tissues are analyzed exploiting a data analysis algorithm borrowed from distributed measurements of birefringence in optical fibres. Results show the difference in polarization properties between birefringent tissues (as muscles) and non-birefringent ones.