Optical Polarizationin Biomedical Applications

• Main Authors: Tuchin, Valery V. (Author), Wang, Lihong V. (Author), Zimnyakov, Dmitry A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Biomedical engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Imaging / Radiology.; Biomedicine general.

Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications introduces key developments in optical polarization methods for quantitative studies of tissues, while presenting the theory of polarization transfer in a random medium as a basis for the quantitative description of polarized light interaction with tis...

Table of Contents:

• Tissue Structure and Optical Models
• Polarized Light Interactions with Weakly Scattering Media
• Polarized Light Interactions with Strongly Scattering Media
• Polarization Properties of Tissues and Phantoms
• Polarization-Dependent Interference of Multiply Scattered Light
• Decay of Light Polarization in Random Multiple Scattering Media
• Degree of Polarization in Laser Speckles from Turbid Media
• Monte Carlo Modeling of Polarization Propagation
• Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
• Biomedical Diagnostics and Imaging.