Diffuse polarization spectroscopy on tissue phantoms and biological cell suspensions

Andreas H. Hielscher, Judith R. Mourant, Irving J. Bigio

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Abstract

We present experimental results that show the spatial variations of the diffuse-backscattered intensity, when linearly polarized light is incident on highly scattering media. Experiments on polystyrene-sphere suspensions demonstrate that the radial and azimuthal variations of the observed pattern depend on the concentration and size of the particles constituting the scattering medium. Measurements performed on rodent-cell suspensions show the potential of this method for biological-cell characterization, especially the distinction between normal and cancerous cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Pages67-76
Number of pages10
StatePublished - 1996
EventOptical Biopsies and Microscopic Techniques - Vienna, Austria
Duration: Sep 7 1996Sep 7 1996

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume2926
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceOptical Biopsies and Microscopic Techniques
CityVienna, Austria
Period9/7/969/7/96

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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