title: Birefringence characterization of biological tissue by use of optical coherence tomography.
abstract: An improved polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) system is developed and used to measure birefringence in porcine myocardium tissue and produce two-dimensional birefringence mapping of the tissue. Signal-to-noise issues that cause systematic measurement errors are analyzed to determine the regime in which such measurements are accurate. The advantage of polarization-sensitive OCT systems over standard OCT systems in avoiding image artifacts caused by birefringence is also demonstrated.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Everett
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Schoenenberger
authors: B W
authors: BW
authors: Colston
authors: L B
authors: LB
authors: Da Silva