A review of polarization-based imaging technologies for clinical and preclinical applications

JC Ramella-Roman, I Saytashev, M Piccini - Journal of Optics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Polarization-based imaging can provide new diagnostic capabilities in clinical and
preclinical studies. Various methodologies of increasing complexity have been proposed by …

Mueller matrix polarimetry—an emerging new tool for characterizing the microstructural feature of complex biological specimen

H He, R Liao, N Zeng, P Li, Z Chen… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, with the emergence of new light sources, polarization devices, and detectors,
together with a prominent increase in data processing capability, polarization techniques …

Polarized light interaction with tissues

VV Tuchin - Journal of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This tutorial-review introduces the fundamentals of polarized light interaction with biological
tissues and presents some of the recent key polarization optical methods that have made …

Three Monte Carlo programs of polarized light transport into scattering media: part I

JC Ramella-Roman, SA Prahl, SL Jacques - Optics Express, 2005 - opg.optica.org
Propagation of light into scattering media is a complex problem that can be modeled using
statistical methods such as Monte Carlo. Few Monte Carlo programs have so far included …

Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry

SH Yun, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, JF De Boer - US Patent 7,733,497, 2010 - Google Patents
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System and method for optical coherence imaging

M Shishkov, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney - US Patent 7,366,376, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus and method are provided for transmitting at least one electro-magnetic radiation
is provided. In particular, at least one optical fiber having at least one end extending along a …

Propagation of polarized light in birefringent turbid media: a Monte Carlo study

X Wang, LV Wang - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A detailed study, based on a Monte Carlo algorithm, of polarized light propagation in
birefringent turbid media is presented in this paper. Linear birefringence, which results from …

Optical methods for tissue analysis

GJ Tearney, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,231,243, 2007 - Google Patents
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Fiber-optic rotational device, optical system and method for imaging a sample

BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, M Shishkov - US Patent 7,382,949, 2008 - Google Patents
A device, system and method for transmitting electro-magnetic radiation between at least
two separate fibers (as well as for imaging a sample) are provided. For example, a first …

Apparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry LCI and optical coherence tomography OCT signals by parallel detection of …

JF De Boer, GJ Tearney, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,355,716, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus, method, logic arrangement and storage medium are provided for increasing the
sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interfer …