Imaging skeletal muscle with linearly polarized light

X. Li; J. Ranasinghesagara; G. Yao

doi:10.1117/12.786865

15 April 2008 Imaging skeletal muscle with linearly polarized light

X. Li, J. Ranasinghesagara, G. Yao

Proceedings Volume 6983, Defense and Security 2008: Special Sessions on Food Safety, Visual Analytics, Resource Restricted Embedded and Sensor Networks, and 3D Imaging and Display; 698304 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786865
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We developed a polarization sensitive imaging system that can acquire reflectance images in turbid samples using incident light of different polarization states. Using this system, we studied polarization imaging on bovine sternomandibularis muscle strips using light of two orthogonal linearly polarized states. We found the obtained polarization sensitive reflectance images had interesting patterns depending on the polarization states. In addition, we computed four elements of the Mueller matrix from the acquired images. As a comparison, we also obtained polarization images of a 20% Intralipid"R" solution and compared the results with those from muscle samples. We found that the polarization imaging patterns from Intralipid solution can be described with a model based on single-scattering approximation. However, the polarization images in muscle had distinct patterns and can not be explained by this simple model. These results implied that the unique structural properties of skeletal muscle play important roles in modulating the propagation of polarized light.

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X. Li, J. Ranasinghesagara, and G. Yao "Imaging skeletal muscle with linearly polarized light", Proc. SPIE 6983, Defense and Security 2008: Special Sessions on Food Safety, Visual Analytics, Resource Restricted Embedded and Sensor Networks, and 3D Imaging and Display, 698304 (15 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786865

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Chemical elements

Reflectivity

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