Subsurface imaging using the spectral polarization difference technique and NIR illumination

Stavros G. Demos; Harry B. Radousky; Robert R. Alfano

doi:10.1117/12.356824

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15 July 1999 Subsurface imaging using the spectral polarization difference technique and NIR illumination

Stavros G. Demos, Harry B. Radousky, Robert R. Alfano

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Proceedings Volume 3597, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.356824
Event: BiOS '99 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A subsurface imaging system is utilized to test the ability of the spectral polarization difference imaging technique for deep subsurface imaging in tissues. The illumination of the system is derived from compact class III lasers in the red and NIR spectral region and, alternatively, from a white light source and selection of the appropriate illumination wavelength using band-pass optical filters. The experimental results demonstrate detection and imaging of a high-scattering object located up to 1.5 cm underneath the surface of a host chicken tissue.

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Stavros G. Demos, Harry B. Radousky, and Robert R. Alfano "Subsurface imaging using the spectral polarization difference technique and NIR illumination", Proc. SPIE 3597, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue III, (15 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.356824

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