Determination of light absorption, scattering and anisotropy factor of a highly scattering medium using backscattered circularly polarized light

M. Xu; M. Alrubaiee; S. K. Gayen; R. R. Alfano

doi:10.1117/12.703578

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21 February 2007 Determination of light absorption, scattering and anisotropy factor of a highly scattering medium using backscattered circularly polarized light

M. Xu, M. Alrubaiee, S. K. Gayen, R. R. Alfano

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Proceedings Volume 6435, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XVIII; 64350J (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.703578
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

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The absorption coefficient, the scattering coefficient and the anisotropy factor of a highly scattering medium are determined using the diffuse reflectance of an obliquely incident beam of circularly polarized light. This approach determines both the anisotropy factor and the cutoff size parameter for the fractal continuous scattering medium such as biological tissue and tissue phantoms from depolarization of the backscattered light.

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M. Xu, M. Alrubaiee, S. K. Gayen, and R. R. Alfano "Determination of light absorption, scattering and anisotropy factor of a highly scattering medium using backscattered circularly polarized light", Proc. SPIE 6435, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XVIII, 64350J (21 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.703578

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