TY - BOOK ID - 211416 TI - Optical polarization in biomedical applications AU - Tuchin, V. V. AU - Wang, Lihong V. AU - Zimnyakov, Dmitry A. PY - 2006 SN - 1280634936 9786610634934 3540453210 3540258760 PB - Berlin : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Tissues KW - Light KW - Diagnostic imaging. KW - Imaging systems in medicine. KW - Optical properties. KW - Scattering. KW - Medical imaging systems KW - Medical instruments and apparatus KW - Clinical imaging KW - Imaging, Diagnostic KW - Medical diagnostic imaging KW - Medical imaging KW - Noninvasive medical imaging KW - Diagnosis, Noninvasive KW - Imaging systems in medicine KW - Light scattering KW - Scattering of light KW - Diffusion KW - Particles KW - Reflection (Optics) KW - Refraction KW - Scattering (Physics) KW - Histology KW - Organs (Anatomy) KW - Biomedical engineering. KW - Radiology, Medical. KW - Medicine. KW - Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. KW - Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. KW - Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. KW - Imaging / Radiology. KW - Biomedicine general. KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Clinical radiology KW - Radiology, Medical KW - Radiology (Medicine) KW - Medical physics KW - Clinical engineering KW - Medical engineering KW - Bioengineering KW - Biophysics KW - Engineering KW - Medicine KW - Health Workforce KW - Biophysics. KW - Biological physics. KW - Lasers. KW - Photonics. KW - Radiology. KW - Biomedicine, general. KW - Radiological physics KW - Physics KW - Radiation KW - New optics KW - Optics KW - Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Masers, Optical KW - Optical masers KW - Light amplifiers KW - Light sources KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Optical parametric oscillators KW - Biological physics KW - Biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:211416 AB - 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 tissues. This theory uses the modified transfer equation for Stokes parameters and predicts the polarization structure of multiple scattered optical fields. The backscattering polarization matrices (Jones matrix and Mueller matrix) important for noninvasive medical diagnostic are introduced. The text also describes a number of diagnostic techniques such as CW polarization imaging and spectroscopy, polarization microscopy and cytometry. As a new tool for medical diagnosis, optical coherent polarization tomography is analyzed. The monograph also covers a range of biomedical applications, among them cataract and glaucoma diagnostics, glucose sensing, and the detection of bacteria. ER -