Abstract

Wavelength-dependent, polarized, elastic-scatter spectra of tissue phantoms and in vitro tissue are presented. These measurements are shown to be sensitive to very small changes in composition of the scattering medium. A simple physical explanation of the wavelength-dependent polarization phenomena observed for media consisting only of spherical particles is given and the relevance of wavelength-dependent, polarized, elastic-scatter spectra to in vivo applications is discussed.

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1998 (7)

M. Mehrübeoglu, N. Kehtarnavaz, S. Rastegar, and L. V. Wong, “Effect of molecular concentrations in tissue-simulating phantoms on images obtained using diffuse reflectance polarimetry,” Opt. Express 3, 286–297 (1998). http://www.opticsexpress/oearchive/source/5758.htm
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. V. Wang, G. Marquez, and S. L. Thomsen, “Anisotropic absorption and reduced scattering spectra of chicken breast tissue measured using oblique incidence reflectometry,” SPIE vol. 3250, 33–41 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

M. J. Rakovic and G. W. Kattawar, “Theoretical analysis of polarization patterns from incoherent backscattering of light,” Appl. Opt. 37, 3333–3338 (1998).
[Crossref]

B. D. Cameron, M. J. Rakovic, M. Mehrübeoglu, G. W. Kattawar, S. Rastegar, L. V. Wang, and G. L. Cote, “Measurement and calculation of he two-dimensional backscattering Mueller matrix of a turbid medium,” Opt. Lett. 23, 485–787 (1998) and 23, 1630 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. M. Schmitt and S. H. Xiang, “Cross-polarized backscatter in optical coherence tomography of biological tissue,” Opt. Lett. 23, 1060–1062 (1998).
[Crossref]

1997 (3)

1996 (4)

J. R. Mourant, J. Boyer, A. H. Hielscher, and I. J. Bigio, “Influence of the scattering phase function on light transport measurements in turbid media performed with small source-detector separations,” Opt. Lett. 21, 546–548 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. M. Schmitt and G. Kumar, “Turbulent nature of refractive-index variations in biologicl tissue,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1310–132 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. R. Ostermeyer, D. V. Stephens, L. Wang, and S. L. Jacques, “Nearfield Polarization Effects on Light Propagation in Random Media”, Trends in Optics and Photonics: Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics, Vol.  3, pp. 20–26, 1996.

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

1994 (3)

1993 (1)

M. Dogariu and T. Asakura, “Polarization-dependent backscattering patterns from weakly scattering media,” J. Opt. (Paris) 24, 271–278 (1993).
[Crossref]

1992 (1)

T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson, and B. Wilson, “A diffusion theory model of spatially resolved, steady-state diffuse reflectance for the noninvasive determination of tissue optical properties in vivo,” Med. Phys. 19, 879–888 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1985 (1)

1982 (1)

1980 (2)

1978 (1)

B. F. Hochheimer, “Polarized retinal photography of a monkey eye,” Vision Research 18, 19–23 (1978).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Alfano, R. R.

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

Asakura, T.

M. Dogariu and T. Asakura, “Polarization-dependent backscattering patterns from weakly scattering media,” J. Opt. (Paris) 24, 271–278 (1993).
[Crossref]

Asano, S.

Beauvoit, B.

B. Beauvoit, T. Kitai, and B. Chance, “Contribution of the mitochondrial compartment to the optical properties of the rat liver: A theoretical and practical approach,” Biophys. J. 67, 2501–2510 (1994).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bigio, I. J.

Boreman, G. D.

Boyer, J.

Cameron, B. D.

Carswell, A. I.

Chance, B.

B. Beauvoit, T. Kitai, and B. Chance, “Contribution of the mitochondrial compartment to the optical properties of the rat liver: A theoretical and practical approach,” Biophys. J. 67, 2501–2510 (1994).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Cote, G. L.

Demos, S. G.

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

Dogariu, A.

Dogariu, M.

A. Dogariu, M. Dogariu, K. Richardson, S. D. Jacobs, and G. D. Boreman, “Polarization asymmetry in waves backscattering from highly absorbance random media,” Appl. Opt. 36, 8159–8167 (1997).
[Crossref]

M. Dogariu and T. Asakura, “Polarization-dependent backscattering patterns from weakly scattering media,” J. Opt. (Paris) 24, 271–278 (1993).
[Crossref]

Eick, A. A.

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

Fantini, S.

Farrell, T. J.

T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson, and B. Wilson, “A diffusion theory model of spatially resolved, steady-state diffuse reflectance for the noninvasive determination of tissue optical properties in vivo,” Med. Phys. 19, 879–888 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Feng, T.-C.

Franceschini, M. A.

Freyer, J. P.

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

Gratton, E.

Haskell, R. C.

Heerdt, A. S.

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

Hielscher, A. H.

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

A. H. Hielscher, J. R. Mourant, and I. J. Bigio, “Influence of particle size and concentration on the diffuse backscattering of polarized light from tissue phantoms and biological cell suspensions,” Appl. Opt. 36, 125–135 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. R. Mourant, J. Boyer, A. H. Hielscher, and I. J. Bigio, “Influence of the scattering phase function on light transport measurements in turbid media performed with small source-detector separations,” Opt. Lett. 21, 546–548 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Hochheimer, B. F.

B. F. Hochheimer and H. A. Kues, “Retinal polarization effects,” Appl. Opt. 21, 3811–3818 (1982).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

B. F. Hochheimer, “Polarized retinal photography of a monkey eye,” Vision Research 18, 19–23 (1978).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Jacobs, S. D.

Jacques, S. L.

M. R. Ostermeyer, D. V. Stephens, L. Wang, and S. L. Jacques, “Nearfield Polarization Effects on Light Propagation in Random Media”, Trends in Optics and Photonics: Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics, Vol.  3, pp. 20–26, 1996.

Johnson, T. M.

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

Kattawar, G. W.

Kehtarnavaz, N.

Kitai, T.

B. Beauvoit, T. Kitai, and B. Chance, “Contribution of the mitochondrial compartment to the optical properties of the rat liver: A theoretical and practical approach,” Biophys. J. 67, 2501–2510 (1994).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kues, H. A.

Kumar, G.

Marquez, G.

L. V. Wang, G. Marquez, and S. L. Thomsen, “Anisotropic absorption and reduced scattering spectra of chicken breast tissue measured using oblique incidence reflectometry,” SPIE vol. 3250, 33–41 (1998).
[Crossref]

McAdams, M. S.

Mehrübeoglu, M.

Mourant, J. R.

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

A. H. Hielscher, J. R. Mourant, and I. J. Bigio, “Influence of particle size and concentration on the diffuse backscattering of polarized light from tissue phantoms and biological cell suspensions,” Appl. Opt. 36, 125–135 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. R. Mourant, J. Boyer, A. H. Hielscher, and I. J. Bigio, “Influence of the scattering phase function on light transport measurements in turbid media performed with small source-detector separations,” Opt. Lett. 21, 546–548 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Ostermeyer, M. R.

M. R. Ostermeyer, D. V. Stephens, L. Wang, and S. L. Jacques, “Nearfield Polarization Effects on Light Propagation in Random Media”, Trends in Optics and Photonics: Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics, Vol.  3, pp. 20–26, 1996.

Pal, S. R.

Papadopoulos, A. J.

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

Patterson, M. S.

T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson, and B. Wilson, “A diffusion theory model of spatially resolved, steady-state diffuse reflectance for the noninvasive determination of tissue optical properties in vivo,” Med. Phys. 19, 879–888 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Rakovic, M. J.

Rastegar, S.

Richardson, K.

Sato, M.

Savage, H.

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

Schantz, S.

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

Schmitt, J. M.

Shen, D.

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

Stephens, D. V.

M. R. Ostermeyer, D. V. Stephens, L. Wang, and S. L. Jacques, “Nearfield Polarization Effects on Light Propagation in Random Media”, Trends in Optics and Photonics: Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics, Vol.  3, pp. 20–26, 1996.

Svaasand, L. O.

Thomsen, S. L.

L. V. Wang, G. Marquez, and S. L. Thomsen, “Anisotropic absorption and reduced scattering spectra of chicken breast tissue measured using oblique incidence reflectometry,” SPIE vol. 3250, 33–41 (1998).
[Crossref]

Tromberg, B. J.

Tsay, T.-T.

Wang, L.

M. R. Ostermeyer, D. V. Stephens, L. Wang, and S. L. Jacques, “Nearfield Polarization Effects on Light Propagation in Random Media”, Trends in Optics and Photonics: Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics, Vol.  3, pp. 20–26, 1996.

Wang, L. V.

L. V. Wang, G. Marquez, and S. L. Thomsen, “Anisotropic absorption and reduced scattering spectra of chicken breast tissue measured using oblique incidence reflectometry,” SPIE vol. 3250, 33–41 (1998).
[Crossref]

B. D. Cameron, M. J. Rakovic, M. Mehrübeoglu, G. W. Kattawar, S. Rastegar, L. V. Wang, and G. L. Cote, “Measurement and calculation of he two-dimensional backscattering Mueller matrix of a turbid medium,” Opt. Lett. 23, 485–787 (1998) and 23, 1630 (1998).
[Crossref]

Wilson, B.

T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson, and B. Wilson, “A diffusion theory model of spatially resolved, steady-state diffuse reflectance for the noninvasive determination of tissue optical properties in vivo,” Med. Phys. 19, 879–888 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Wong, L. V.

Xiang, S. H.

Appl Opt. (1)

J. R. Mourant, J. P. Freyer, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, D. Shen, and T. M. Johnson, “Mechanisms of light scattering from biological cells relevant to noninvasive optical-tissue diagnostics,” Appl Opt. 37, 3586–3593 (1998).
[Crossref]

Appl. Opt. (7)

Biophys. J. (1)

B. Beauvoit, T. Kitai, and B. Chance, “Contribution of the mitochondrial compartment to the optical properties of the rat liver: A theoretical and practical approach,” Biophys. J. 67, 2501–2510 (1994).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Cancer Cytopath. (1)

J. R. Mourant, A. H. Hielscher, A. A. Eick, T. M. Johnson, and J. P. Freyer, “Evidence of intrinsic differences in the light scattering properties of tumorigenic and nontumorigenic cells,” Cancer Cytopath. 84, 366–374 (1998).

J. Opt. (Paris) (1)

M. Dogariu and T. Asakura, “Polarization-dependent backscattering patterns from weakly scattering media,” J. Opt. (Paris) 24, 271–278 (1993).
[Crossref]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A (1)

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (1)

Med. Phys. (1)

T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson, and B. Wilson, “A diffusion theory model of spatially resolved, steady-state diffuse reflectance for the noninvasive determination of tissue optical properties in vivo,” Med. Phys. 19, 879–888 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Opt. Comm. (1)

S. G. Demos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Time resolved degree of polarization for human breast tissue,” Opt. Comm. 124:439–442 (1996).
[Crossref]

Opt. Express (1)

Opt. Lett. (4)

Photochem. Photobiol, (1)

S. G. Demos, A. J. Papadopoulos, H. Savage, A. S. Heerdt, S. Schantz, and R. R. Alfano, “Polarization filter for biomedical tissue optical imaging,” Photochem. Photobiol,.  66, 821–825 (1997).
[Crossref]

SPIE vol. (1)

L. V. Wang, G. Marquez, and S. L. Thomsen, “Anisotropic absorption and reduced scattering spectra of chicken breast tissue measured using oblique incidence reflectometry,” SPIE vol. 3250, 33–41 (1998).
[Crossref]

Vision Research (1)

B. F. Hochheimer, “Polarized retinal photography of a monkey eye,” Vision Research 18, 19–23 (1978).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Other (1)

M. R. Ostermeyer, D. V. Stephens, L. Wang, and S. L. Jacques, “Nearfield Polarization Effects on Light Propagation in Random Media”, Trends in Optics and Photonics: Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy and Diagnostics, Vol.  3, pp. 20–26, 1996.

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Figures (10)
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. End view of the fibers in the measurement probe showing the orientation of the collection fibers (labeled 1-4) with respect to the light polarization passed by the polarizer placed on the end of the probe.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. Polarization ratios for several suspensions of polystyrene spheres. The area under the curve between 500 and 750 nm was made equal for all traces on the graph.

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Fig. 3
Fig. 3 Polarization ratios for several suspensions of polystyrene spheres. The area under the curve between 965 and 1000 nm was set equal to 1 for all curves.

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. Unpolarized measurements of similar polystyrene sphere suspensions. The data has been normalized from 500 to 700 nm.

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Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. Demonstration that R(λ) is only weakly affected by absorption.

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Fig. 6.
Fig. 6. Polarization images of chicken liver obtained with a) parallel polarizers and b) perpendicular polarizers in the delivery and light collection beam paths. The diameter of the imaged tissue is 0.93 cm. 3.2 Measurements of in vitro tissue

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Fig. 7.
Fig. 7. Polarization ratio, R(λ), for chicken liver and chicken breast.

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Fig. 8
Fig. 8 Polarization phase functions for a) a 1.0 μm radius sphere and b) a 0.01 μm radius sphere.

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Fig. 9.
Fig. 9. Phase functions for 0.505 μm diameter spheres at 650 nm.

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Fig. 10.
Fig. 10. Comparison of model and data for the polarization ratio.

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Table 1. Percent change in signal over a specified wavelength range upon addition of small quantities of 8.1 μm diameter spheres to a suspension of 0.505 μm diameter spheres.

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R ( λ ) = I 1 ( λ ) + I 3 ( λ ) I 2 ( λ ) + I 4 ( λ )
C 1 + C 2 μ s ∫ θ 1 θ 2 P ⊥ ( λ , θ ) dθ
R ( λ ) = C + ∫ θ 1 θ 2 P ⊥ ( λ , θ ) dθ C + ∫ θ 1 θ 2 P ∥ ( λ , θ ) dθ

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