Title :
Differential Mueller-matrix formalism for polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography
Author :
Villiger, Martin ; Lippok, Norman ; Bouma, Brett E.
Author_Institution :
Med. Sch., Wellman Center for Photomed., Harvard Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
The differential Mueller matrix offers useful insight into the polarization properties of biological tissue imaged with polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography. We present the theory and experimentally demonstrate local depolarization in addition to local retardation.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; light polarisation; optical rotation; optical tomography; biological tissue polarization properties; differential Mueller matrix formalism; local depolarization; local retardation; optical coherence tomography; polarization sensitive OCT; Coherence; Image reconstruction; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
