Depth-resolved two-dimensional Stokes vectors of backscattered light and Mueller matrices of biological tissue measured with optical coherence tomography

被引：165

作者：

Jiao, SL ^{[1
]}

Yao, G ^{[1
]}

Wang, LHV ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Texas A&M Univ, Opt Imaging Lab, Biomed Engn Program, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2000年 / 39卷 / 34期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.39.006318

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 [光学]; 0803 [光学工程];

摘要：

Mueller matrices provide a complete characterization of the optical polarization properties of biological tissue. A polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) system was built and used to investigate the optical polarization properties of biological tissues and other turbid media. The apparent degree of polarization (DOP) of the backscattered Light was measured with both liquid and solid scattering samples. The DOP maintains the value of unity within the detectable depth for the solid sample, whereas the DOP decreases with the optical depth for the liquid sample. Two-dimensional depth-resolved images of both the Stokes vectors of the backscattered light and the full Mueller matrices of biological tissue were measured with this system. These polarization measurements revealed some tissue structures that are not perceptible with standard OCT. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America. OCIS codes: 120.2130, 170.4500, 260.5430, 290.7050.

引用

页码：6318 / 6324

页数：7

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