Many polarisation techniques have been harnessed for decades in biological and clinical
research, each based upon measurement of the vectorial properties of light or the vectorial …

Spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) has witnessed very rapid growth over the last
decade, owing to its unique capabilities for imaging optical properties and chromophores …

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 …

Polarization-based imaging can provide new diagnostic capabilities in clinical and
preclinical studies. Various methodologies of increasing complexity have been proposed by …

Diffuse optical imaging probes deep living tissue enabling structural, functional, metabolic,
and molecular imaging. Recently, due to the availability of spatial light modulators, wide …

The fields of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering offer new therapeutic options to
restore, maintain or improve tissue function following disease or injury. To maximize the …

Bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs), derived from glutaraldehyde crosslinked (GLUT) porcine
aortic valve leaflets or bovine pericardium (BP), are used to replace defective heart valves …

Collagen fiber networks provide the structural strength of tissues, such as tendons, skin and
arteries. Quantifying the fiber architecture in response to mechanical loads is essential …

Currently, the most common replacement heart valve design is the 'bioprosthetic'heart valve
(BHV), which has important advantages in that it does not require permanent anti …

Calibration, quantification, and standardization of the polarimetric instrumentation, as well as
interpretation and understanding of the obtained data, require the development and use of …