• DocumentCode
    2238966
  • Title

    Scattering Measurements in Turbid Medium Using the Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography: a Pilot Study

  • Author

    Kang, Jin Ho ; Lee, Sang Won ; Yoo, Ji-Yeong ; Kim, Beop Min

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Wonju
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In this study, we quantified the depolarization, as a function of depth, induced by scattering in tissue-simulating optical phantoms using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT). The preliminary results indicate that the PS-OCT may be suitable for diagnosis of diseases that causes the scattering changes.
  • Keywords
    bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; light polarisation; light scattering; optical tomography; phantoms; OCT; biological tissue scattering; depolarization; disease diagnosis; polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography; scattering measurements; tissue-simulating optical phantoms; turbid medium; Biological tissues; Biomedical optical imaging; Light scattering; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Sugar; Suspensions; Tomography; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391174
  • Filename
    4391174