Comparative study of the influence of scattering particles size on the polarimetric behavior of turbid media

Author

De Cos-Pérez, Jesús ; Ortega-quijano, Noé ; Fanjul-vélez, Félix ; Salas-garcía, Irene ; Arce-Diego, José L.

Author_Institution

TEISA Dept., Univ. of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

24-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Optical characterization of biological tissues by means of polarimetric techniques is receiving a growing attention. Polarized light traveling through a turbid media looses its degree of polarization (DOP) due to scattering. The modification of the DOP of transmitted and backscattered light varies as a function of the particle properties. In this work we perform a comparative study of the DOP variations as a function of the particles diameter. The Monte Carlo method is used as a numerical approach of polarized light transport in turbid media. The results enable to further develop polarimetric studies to analyze biological tissues optical properties.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; bio-optics; biological tissues; cellular biophysics; light polarisation; light scattering; particle size; polarimetry; turbidity; Monte Carlo method; biological tissues; light polarization; light scattering; optical characterization; polarimetric behavior; scattering particle size; turbid media; Biomedical optical imaging; Media; Monte Carlo methods; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN), 2011 Eighth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0262-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOCN.2011.5872944

Filename

5872944