title: Mueller-matrix of laser-induced autofluorescence of polycrystalline films of dried peritoneal fluid in diagnostics of endometriosis.
abstract: This research presents investigation results of the diagnostic efficiency of an azimuthally stable Mueller-matrix method of analysis of laser autofluorescence of polycrystalline films of dried uterine cavity peritoneal fluid. A model of the generalized optical anisotropy of films of dried peritoneal fluid is proposed in order to define the processes of laser autofluorescence. The influence of complex mechanisms of both phase (linear and circular birefringence) and amplitude (linear and circular dichroism) anisotropies is taken into consideration. The interconnections between the azimuthally stable Mueller-matrix elements characterizing laser autofluorescence and different mechanisms of optical anisotropy are determined. The statistical analysis of coordinate distributions of such Mueller-matrix rotation invariants is proposed. Thereupon the quantitative criteria (statistic moments of the first to the fourth order) of differentiation of polycrystalline films of dried peritoneal fluid, group 1 (healthy donors) and group 2 (uterus endometriosis patients), are determined.
authors.affiliation: Chernivtsi National University, Department of Correlation Optics, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Street, 2 Theatre Square, Chernivtsi 58000, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Yuriy A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Ushenko
authors.affiliation: Bukovynian State Medical University, Department of Forensic Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence, 2 Theatre Square, Chernivtsi 58000, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Galina D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Koval
authors.affiliation: Chernivtsi National University, Department of Optics and Publishing, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Street, 2 Theatre Square, Chernivtsi 58000, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Alexander G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ushenko
authors.affiliation: Chernivtsi National University, Department of Optics and Publishing, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Street, 2 Theatre Square, Chernivtsi 58000, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Olexander V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Dubolazov
authors.affiliation: Chernivtsi National University, Department of Correlation Optics, 2 Kotsiubynskyi Street, 2 Theatre Square, Chernivtsi 58000, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Vladimir A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ushenko
authors.affiliation: Bukovynian State Medical University, Department of Medical Physics and Biological Informatics, 2 Theatre Square, Chernivtsi 58000, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Olga Yu
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Novakovskaia
mesh_terms: D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light