Myocardial tissue characterization based on the time-resolved Stokes-Mueller formalism.
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.
Sun
Chia-Wei
CW
Lu
Long-Sheng
LS
Yang
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CC
Kiang
Yean-Woei
YW
Su
Ming-Jai
MJ