Assessment of tissue polarimetric properties using Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Tissue‐depolarization and linear‐retardance are the main polarization characteristics of interest for bulk tissue characterization, and are normally interpreted from Mueller polarimetry. Stokes polarimetry can be conducted using simpler instrumentation and in a shorter time. Here, we use Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination to assess the circular‐depolarization and linear‐retardance properties of tissue. Results obtained were compared with Mueller polarimetry in transmission and reflection geometry, respectively. It is found that circular‐depolarization obtained from these 2 methods is very similar in both geometries, and that linear‐retardance is highly quantitatively similar for transmission geometry and qualitatively similar for reflection geometry. The majority of tissue circular‐depolarization and linear‐retardance image information (represented by local image contrast features) obtained from Mueller polarimetry is well preserved from Stokes polarimetry in both geometries. These findings can be referred to for further understanding tissue Stokes polarimetric data, and for further application of Stokes polarimetry under the circumstances where short acquisition time or low optical system complexity is a priority, such as polarimetric endoscopy and microscopy.
Date Issued
2018-04-01
Date Acceptance
2017-11-09
Citation
Journal of Biophotonics, 2018, 11 (4), pp.1-15
ISSN
1864-063X
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1
End Page
15
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Biophotonics
Volume
11
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2017 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Qi, J., He, H., Lin, J., Dong, Y., Chen, D., Ma, H. and Elson, D. S. (), Assessment of tissue polarimetric properties using Stokes polarimetric imaging with circularly polarized illumination. J. Biophotonics, e201700139. Accepted Author Manuscript. which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201700139. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
The Royal Society
National Institute for Health Research
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jbio.201700139
Grant Number
242991
IE150970
II-LB-0214-20009
Subjects
(Polarimetric imaging
Imaging through turbid media.)
Mueller polarimetry
Stokes polarimetry
Tissue polarimetry
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e201700139
Date Publish Online
2017-11-13