INFLUENCE OF PARTICLE-SIZE AND CONCENTRATION ON THE DIFFUSE BACKSCATTERING OF POLARIZED-LIGHT FROM TISSUE PHANTOMS AND BIOLOGICAL CELL-SUSPENSIONS

Authors
HIELSCHER AH MOURANT JR BIGIO IJ
Citation
Ah. Hielscher et al., INFLUENCE OF PARTICLE-SIZE AND CONCENTRATION ON THE DIFFUSE BACKSCATTERING OF POLARIZED-LIGHT FROM TISSUE PHANTOMS AND BIOLOGICAL CELL-SUSPENSIONS, Applied optics, 36(1), 1997, pp. 125-135
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
125 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:1<125:IOPACO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We present experimental results that show the spatial variations of th e diffuse-backscattered intensity when linearly polarized light is inc ident upon highly scattering media. Experiments on polystyrene-sphere and Intralipid suspensions demonstrate that the radial and azimuthal v ariations of the observed pattern depend on the concentration, size, a nd anisotropy factor g of the particles that constitute the scattering medium. Measurements performed on biological-cell suspensions show th e potential of this method for cell characterization. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America