An experimental Mueller matrix polarimeter is used to quantify human liver fibrosis by
measuring retardance and depolarization of thin biopsies. The former parameter is sensitive …

Today the increasing cancer incidence rate is becoming one of the biggest threats to human
health. Among all types of cancers, liver cancer ranks in the top five in both frequency and …

This paper reports a technique based on spectrally differential measurement for determining
the full Mueller matrix of a biological sample through an optical fiber. In this technique, two …

Recent studies have indicated that polarized light may be useful in the discrimination
between benign and malignant moles. In fact, imaging polarimetry could provide …

Mueller matrix polarimetry can provide abundant microstructural information of tissues.
Mueller matrix polar decomposition (MMPD) is capable of extracting intrinsic polarimetric …

We demonstrate the first in vivo use of a Mueller matrix decomposition method for
polarization-based characterization of tissue. Collagenase is injected into a region of dermal …

Polarized light imaging can provide rich microstructural information of samples, and has
been applied to the detections of various abnormal tissues. In this paper, we report a …

Significance For microscopic polarization imaging of tissue slices, two types of samples are
often prepared: one unstained tissue section for polarization imaging to avoid possible …

We present a new polarimetric imaging system based on liquid-crystal modulators, a
spectrally filtered white-light source, and a CCD camera. The whole Mueller matrix image of …

The potential of Mueller matrix imaging polarimetry to become a new efficient technique for
the optical biopsy and proper cancer staging was explored by measuring the ex-vivo …