title: Myocardial tissue characterization based on the time-resolved Stokes-Mueller formalism.
abstract: Time-resolved Stokes vectors of transmitted optical signals were measured to differentiate normal and stunned myocardium tissues. The corresponding Mueller matrices were calculated based on the Stokes-Mueller formalism. Our experimental results indicated that the time-resolved Mueller matrices could provide information about myocardial architectural alteration in stunned myocardium. Thus, the Stokes-Mueller measurement can be a useful method in cardiovascular research.
authors.forename: Chia-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Long-Sheng
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yean-Woei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kiang
authors.forename: Ming-Jai
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Su