title: Determination of local polarization properties of biological samples in the presence of diattenuation by use of Mueller optical coherence tomography.
abstract: A unique feature of polarization-sensitive Mueller optical coherence tomography is that, by measuring Jones or Mueller matrices, it can reveal the complete polarization properties of biological samples, even in the presence of diattenuation. We map local polarization properties for the first time to our knowledge by using polar decomposition in combination with least-squares fitting to differentiate measured integrated Jones matrices with respect to depth. We also introduce the new concept of dual attenuation coefficients to characterize diattenuation per unit infinitesimal length in tissues. We experimentally verify the algorithm using measurements of a section of porcine tendon and the septum of a rat heart.
authors.affiliation: Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3120, USA.
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Todorović
authors.forename: Shuliang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Lihong V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoica
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000166:cytology*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods*; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D051381:Rats; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013552:Swine; D013710:Tendons / Q000166:cytology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*