title: Complex polarization ratio to determine polarization properties of anisotropic tissue using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography.
abstract: Complex polarization ratio (CPR) in materials with birefringence and biattenuance is shown as a logarithmic spiral in the complex plane. A multi-state Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear fitting algorithm using the CPR trajectory collected by polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) was developed to determine polarization properties of an anisotropic scattering medium. The Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear fitting algorithm using the CPR trajectory is verified using simulated PS-OCT data with speckle noise. Birefringence and biattenuance of a birefringent film, ex-vivo rodent tail tendon and in-vivo primate retinal nerve fiber layer were determined using measured CPR trajectories and the Levenberg-Marquardt nonlinear fitting algorithm.
authors: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. empstar@gmail.com
authors: Jesung
authors: J
authors: Park
authors: Nate J
authors: NJ
authors: Kemp
authors: H Grady
authors: HG
authors: Rylander
authors: Thomas E
authors: TE
authors: Milner
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*