Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 2, Issue 3, 245(2009)

LIQUID CRYSTAL BASED ROTATING ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION IMAGING SYSTEM

QUN ZHU... IAN M. STOCKFORD, JOHN A. CROWE and STEPHEN P. MORGAN* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Nottingham, University Park Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD
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    Rotating orthogonal polarization imaging provides images of the polarization properties of scattering media which are free from surface reflections. Previously the technique has been demonstrated using manually rotated Glan–Thompson polarizers to control and analyze the polarization state of the light entering and emerging from the tissue. This paper describes a system that performs these functions using liquid crystal retarders. The system is tested using a polarizing target embedded within a scattering medium and is compared with Monte Carlo simulations. The results compare well with those obtained with manual rotation of polarizers. The liquid crystal based approach has advantages over the previous system in terms of ease of use, speed, and repeatability and is therefore an important step towards taking the technique into routine clinical use.

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    QUN ZHU, IAN M. STOCKFORD, JOHN A. CROWE, STEPHEN P. MORGAN. LIQUID CRYSTAL BASED ROTATING ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION IMAGING SYSTEM[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2009, 2(3): 245

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    Received: --

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2019

    The Author Email: MORGAN STEPHEN P. (steve.morgan@nottingham.ac.uk)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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