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 …

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects millions of people and results in weakened hyaline cartilage due
to overloading. During joint articulation, hyaline cartilage must withstand high loads while …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disease common worldwide. Currently, no disease-modifying
osteoarthritis drugs (DMOADs) have successfully passed clinical trials, often due to a lack of …

We demonstrate in this study the potential of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as a tool for
monitoring progression of cartilage degeneration in an animal model. Osteoarthritic …

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) combined with digital volume correlation (DVC) is a
suitable technique to investigate the biomechanical behavior of biological tissues at the …

The scattering and absorption properties of light by a single spherical nanoparticle
embedded in a non-absorbing, isotropic and homogeneous medium are analyzed …

A rapidly growing area of interest in quantitative ultrasound assessment of bone is to
determine cortical bone porosity from ultrasound backscatter. Current backscatter analyses …

Optical properties of biological tissues in the NIR spectral range have demonstrated
significant potential for in vivo diagnostic applications and are critical parameters for …

Objective Spectroscopic techniques, such as near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, are gaining
significant research interest for characterizing connective tissues, particularly articular …

This study investigates the capacity of optical spectroscopy in the visible (VIS) and near-
infrared (NIR) spectral ranges for estimating the biomechanical properties of human …