Mueller coherency matrix method for contrast image in tissue polarimetry

J. L. Arce-Diego; F. Fanjul-Vélez; D. Samperio-García; D. Pereda-Cubián

doi:10.1117/12.728425

11 July 2007 Mueller coherency matrix method for contrast image in tissue polarimetry

J. L. Arce-Diego, F. Fanjul-Vélez, D. Samperio-García, D. Pereda-Cubián

Proceedings Volume 6627, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques III; 66271T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.728425
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2007, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In this work, we propose the use of the Mueller Coherency matrix of biological tissues in order to increase the information from tissue images and so their contrast. This method involves different Mueller Coherency matrix based parameters, like the eigenvalues analysis, the entropy factor calculation, polarization components crosstalks, linear and circular polarization degrees, hermiticity or the Quaternions analysis in case depolarisation properties of tissue are sufficiently low. All these parameters make information appear clearer and so increase image contrast, so pathologies like cancer could be detected in a sooner stage of development. The election will depend on the concrete pathological process under study. This Mueller Coherency matrix method can be applied to a single tissue point, or it can be combined with a tomographic technique, so as to obtain a 3D representation of polarization contrast parameters in pathological tissues. The application of this analysis to concrete diseases can lead to tissue burn depth estimation or cancer early detection.

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J. L. Arce-Diego, F. Fanjul-Vélez, D. Samperio-García, and D. Pereda-Cubián "Mueller coherency matrix method for contrast image in tissue polarimetry", Proc. SPIE 6627, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques III, 66271T (11 July 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.728425

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