Review of polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography and Stokes vector determination

Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) provides depth resolved measurements of the polarization state of light reflected from turbid media such as tissue. The theory and calculation of the Stokes vector of light reflected from turbid media is described and application of PS-OCT...

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Published in:Journal of Biomedical Optics 2002-07, Vol.7 (3), p.359-371
Main Authors: de Boer, Johannes F, Milner, Thomas E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biophysical Phenomena
Biophysics
Birefringence
Coherent light
Computerized tomography
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
In Vitro Techniques
Light polarization
Light reflection
Light scattering
Mice
Models, Biological
Models, Theoretical
multiple scattering
Muscles - anatomy & histology
optical coherence tomography
Optics and Photonics - instrumentation
polarization
Scattering, Radiation
Spurious signal noise
Tissue
Tomography - instrumentation
Tomography - methods
turbid media
Turbidity
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Summary:Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) provides depth resolved measurements of the polarization state of light reflected from turbid media such as tissue. The theory and calculation of the Stokes vector of light reflected from turbid media is described and application of PS-OCT to contemporary biomedical imaging problems is given. Measurement of the depth resolved Stokes parameters allows determination of the degree of polarization and optical axis orientation in turbid media that can be modeled as a linear retarder. Effect of multiple scattering and speckle on the accuracy and noise of the computed Stokes parameters is discussed. Future directions for development of PS-OCT instrumentation for biological and medical applications is given. ©
ISSN:1083-3668
1560-2281
DOI:10.1117/1.1483879