Propagation of polarized light in birefringent turbid media: A Monte Carlo study
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- Wang, Xueding
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Wang, Lihong V.
Abstract
A detailed study, based on a Monte Carlo algorithm, of polarized light propagation in birefringent turbid media is presented in this paper. Linear birefringence, which results from the fibrous structures, changes the single scattering matrix and alters the polarization states of photons propagating in biological tissues. Some Mueller matrix elements of light backscattered from birefringent anisotropic turbid media present unusual intensity patterns compared with those for nonbirefringent isotropic turbid media. This result is in good agreement with the analytic results based on the double-scattering model. Degree of polarization, Stokes parameters, and diffuse reflectance as functions of linearly birefringent parameters based on numerical results and theoretical analysis are discussed and compared in an effort to understand the essential physical processes of polarized light propagation in fibrous tissues.
Additional Information
© 2002 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Paper TP-05 received July 22, 2001; revised manuscript received Mar. 20, 2002; accepted for publication Mar. 29, 2002. This study was sponsored in part by National Institutes of Health Grant Nos. R01 CA71980 and R21 CA83760, National Science Foundation Grant No. BES9734491, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Grant No. 000512-0123-1999.Attached Files
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- 73942
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20170201-135334462
- NIH
- R01 CA71980
- NIH
- R21 CA83760
- NSF
- BES-9734491
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- 000512-0123-1999
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