Many polarisation techniques have been harnessed for decades in biological and clinical
research, each based upon measurement of the vectorial properties of light or the vectorial …

Numerous light-based diagnostic and therapeutic devices are routinely used in the clinic.
These devices have a familiar look as items plugged in the wall or placed at patients' …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the most urgent threats to humans worldwide,
which are responsible for almost one-third of global mortality. Over the last decade, research …

Imaging in scattering media has been a challenging and important subject in optical
science. In scattering media, the image quality is often severely degraded by the scattering …

Recently, with the emergence of new light sources, polarization devices, and detectors,
together with a prominent increase in data processing capability, polarization techniques …

Aging and diabetes lead to protein glycation and cause dysfunction of collagen-containing
tissues. The accompanying structural and functional changes of collagen significantly …

Nowadays, dynamically developing optical (photonic) technologies play an ever-increasing
role in medicine. Their adequate and effective implementation in diagnostics, surgery, and …

Collagen organization plays an important role in maintaining structural integrity and
determining tissue function. Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) …

Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) is an imaging technique
based on light scattering. PS-OCT performs rapid two-and three-dimensional imaging of …

Near-infrared circularly polarized light is attractive for wide-ranging applications. However,
high-performance near-infrared circularly polarized light is challenging to realize. Here, we …