Imperial College London
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Professor Daniel Elson

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Surgical Imaging
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1700daniel.elson Website CV

 
 
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Location

 

415 Bessemer BuildingBessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Qi:2017:10.1002/jbio.201600152,
author = {Qi, J and Elson, D},
doi = {10.1002/jbio.201600152},
journal = {Journal of Biophotonics},
pages = {950--982},
title = {Mueller polarimetric imaging for surgical and diagnostic applications: a review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201600152},
volume = {10},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Polarization is a fundamental property of light anda powerful sensing tool that has been applied to many areas. A Mueller matrix   is   a   complete mathematical   description   of   the polarization characteristics of objects that interact with light, and is known as a transfer function of Stokes vectors which characterise   the   state   of   polarization   of   light.   Mueller polarimetric imaging measures Mueller matrices over a field of  view  and  thus  allows  for  visualising  the  polarization characteristics of the objects. It has emerged as  a promising technique in recent years for tissue imaging, improving image contrastand   providinga   unique   perspective   to   reveal additional  information  that  cannot  be  resolved  by  other optical imaging modalities. This review introduces the basis of  the  Stokes-Mueller  formulism,  interpretation  methods  of Mueller  matrices  into  fundamental  polarization  properties, polarization properties of biological tissues, and considerations  in  the  construction  of  Mueller  polarimetric imaging  devices  for  surgical  and  diagnostic  applications, including  primary  configurations,  optimization  procedures, calibration  methods  as  well  as  the instrument polarization properties of several widely-used biomedical optical devices. The  paper also reviews recent  progress in Mueller polarimetric   endoscopes and   fibre   Mueller   polarimeters, followed  by  the  future  outlook in applying the  technique to surgery and diagnostics.
AU  - Qi,J
AU  - Elson,D
DO  - 10.1002/jbio.201600152
EP  - 982
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1864-0648
SP  - 950
TI  - Mueller polarimetric imaging for surgical and diagnostic applications: a review
T2  - Journal of Biophotonics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201600152
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/44169
VL  - 10
ER  -
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