Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2016. V. 19, N 4. P. 404-414.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo19.04.404


Azimuthally invariant Mueller-matrix methods in the diagnosis of liver disease
A.G. Ushenko, A.V. Dubolazov, V.A. Ushenko, Yu.A. Ushenko, M.Yu. Sakhnovskiy, M.P. Gorsky

Chernivtsi National University, 2, Kotsyubinsky str., 58012 Chernivtsi, Ukraine; e-mail: a.dubolazov@chnu.edu.ua

Abstract. Offered in this paper is the model for Mueller-matrix description mechanisms responsible for optical anisotropy typical for polycrystalline layers of histological sections taken from biological tissues and for fluids – optical activity, birefringence, as well as linear and circular dichroism. Using the statistical analysis distributions quantities of linear and circular birefringence and dichroism, the objective criteria for differentiation of myocardium histological sections (determining the cause of death), films of blood plasma (liver pathology), peritoneal fluid (endometriosis of tissues of women reproductive sphere), urine (kidney disease) have been determined. From the viewpoint of probative medicine, the operational characteristics (sensitivity, specificity and accuracy) inherent to the method of Mueller-matrix reconstruction of optical anisotropy parameters have been found.

Keywords: polarimetry, Mueller matrix, polycrystalline film, laser image, biological tissues and fluids.

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