Birefringence imaging of human skin by polarization-sensitive spectral interferometric optical coherence tomography
- 15 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 27 (20), 1803-1805
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.27.001803
Abstract
We have developed a spectral interferometric optical coherence tomography (OCT) system with polarization sensitivity that is able to measure a two-dimensional tomographic image by means of one-dimensional mechanical scanning. Our system, which has an axial resolution of , calculates the distribution of each element of the Müller matrix of a measured object from 16 OCT images. The OCT system successfully reveals the birefringent nature of human skin tissue.
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