Imaging objects hidden in scattering media with fluorescence polarization preservation of contrast agents

被引:21
作者
Demos, SG [1 ]
Wang, WB
Alfano, RR
机构
[1] CUNY City Coll, Inst Ultrafast Spect & Lasers, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10031 USA
[2] CUNY City Coll, New York State Ctr Adv Technol Ultrafast Photon M, New York, NY 10031 USA
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1998年 / 37卷 / 04期
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10.1364/AO.37.000792
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A method for fluorescence polarization difference imaging is demonstrated for enhancing the image quality of a luminous object embedded in a random medium. The polarization preservation of light propagating in the scattering medium leads to partially polarized light emission by a contrast-agent dye located inside the object. Subtraction of the images of the luminous object detected at two orthogonal polarization directions improves the image resolution compared with a conventional optical imaging approach. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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页码:792 / 797
页数:6
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