Wood Tobias C, Elson Daniel S
Biomed Opt Express. 2010 Aug 3;1(2):463-470. doi: 10.1364/BOE.1.000463.
Polarized light can reveal diagnostic information about tissue morphology. To promote easy adoption of polarization imaging techniques in the clinic it would be beneficial if they can be used with standard medical imaging instruments such as rigid endoscopes. We have characterized the polarization properties of two commercial laparoscopes and observed birefringence effects that complicate polarization imaging. Possible solutions are discussed that may be of interest to other tissue polarization imaging researchers.
偏振光可以揭示有关组织形态的诊断信息。为了促进偏振成像技术在临床中的广泛应用，如果这些技术能够与诸如硬性内窥镜等标准医学成像仪器一起使用，将大有裨益。我们已经对两款商用腹腔镜的偏振特性进行了表征，并观察到双折射效应，这使得偏振成像变得复杂。本文讨论了一些可能的解决方案，其他组织偏振成像研究人员可能会对此感兴趣。
