Mueller matrix approach for determination of optical rotation in chiral turbid media in backscattering geometry

S Manhas, MK Swami, P Buddhiwant, N Ghosh… - Optics express, 2006 - opg.optica.org
For in vivo determination of optically active (chiral) substances in turbid media, like for
example glucose in human tissue, the backscattering geometry is particularly convenient …

Polarimetry in turbid, birefringent, optically active media: a Monte Carlo study of Mueller matrix decomposition in the backscattering geometry

N Ghosh, MFG Wood, IA Vitkin - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Determination of the intrinsic polarization properties of a complex turbid medium such as
biological tissue in the backscattering geometry (a geometry that is convenient for in situ …

Angular measurements of light scattered by turbid chiral<? xpp qa?> media using linear Stokes polarimeter

X Guo, MFG Wood, IA Vitkin - Journal of biomedical optics, 2006 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The effects of turbid chiral media on light polarization are studied in different directions
around the scattering samples using a refined linear Stokes polarimeter, which simplifies the …

Mueller matrix decomposition for extraction of individual polarization parameters from complex turbid media exhibiting multiple scattering, optical activity, and linear …

N Ghosh, MFG Wood, IA Vitkin - Journal of biomedical optics, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Linear birefringence and optical activity are two common optical polarization effects present
in biological tissue, and determination of these properties has useful biomedical …

Optical rotation and linear and circular depolarization rates in diffusively scattered light from chiral, racemic, and achiral turbid media

KC Hadley, IA Vitkin - Journal of biomedical optics, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The polarization properties of light scattered in a lateral direction from turbid media were
studied. Polarization modulation and synchronous detection were used to measure, and …

Comparative study of differential matrix and extended polar decomposition formalisms for polarimetric characterization of complex tissue-like turbid media

S Kumar, H Purwar, R Ossikovski… - … of biomedical optics, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Development of methodologies for quantification/unique interpretation of the intrinsic
polarimetry characteristics of biological tissues are important for various applications …

Extraction of effective parameters of turbid media utilizing the Mueller matrix approach: study of glucose sensing

TTH Pham, YL Lo - Journal of biomedical optics, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An analytical technique based on Stokes polarimetry and the Mueller matrix method is
proposed for extracting the effective linear birefringence, linear dichroism, circular …

Methodology for examining polarized light interactions with tissues and tissue-like media in the exact backscattering direction

RCN Studinski, IA Vitkin - Journal of biomedical optics, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The properties of polarized light emerging from turbid media in the exact backscattering
direction are studied by modulating the incident light polarization state and isolating the …

Polar decomposition of 3× 3 Mueller matrix: a tool for quantitative tissue polarimetry

MK Swami, S Manhas, P Buddhiwant, N Ghosh… - Optics express, 2006 - opg.optica.org
The polarization properties of any medium are completely described by the sixteen element
Mueller matrix that relates the polarization parameters of the light incident on the medium to …

Polarization preservation in diffusive scattering from in vivo turbid biological media: effects of tissue optical absorption in the exact backscattering direction

IA Vitkin, RCN Studinski - Optics communications, 2001 - Elsevier
There is considerable recent interest in using polarized light to investigate turbid biological
media. Although tissue multiple scattering randomizes incident polarization states, there are …