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Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications

Author : Valery V. Tuchin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540453210
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications by : Valery V. Tuchin

Download or read book Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications written by Valery V. Tuchin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications introduces key developments in optical polarization methods for quantitative studies of tissues, while presenting the theory of polarization transfer in a random medium as a basis for the quantitative description of polarized light interaction with tissues. This theory uses the modified transfer equation for Stokes parameters and predicts the polarization structure of multiple scattered optical fields. The backscattering polarization matrices (Jones matrix and Mueller matrix) important for noninvasive medical diagnostic are introduced. The text also describes a number of diagnostic techniques such as CW polarization imaging and spectroscopy, polarization microscopy and cytometry. As a new tool for medical diagnosis, optical coherent polarization tomography is analyzed. The monograph also covers a range of biomedical applications, among them cataract and glaucoma diagnostics, glucose sensing, and the detection of bacteria.

Informational Limits in Optical Polarimetry and Vectorial Imaging

Author : Matthew R. Foreman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642285287
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Informational Limits in Optical Polarimetry and Vectorial Imaging by : Matthew R. Foreman

Download or read book Informational Limits in Optical Polarimetry and Vectorial Imaging written by Matthew R. Foreman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to this thesis is the characterisation and exploitation of electromagnetic properties of light in imaging and measurement systems. To this end an information theoretic approach is used to formulate a hitherto lacking, quantitative definition of polarisation resolution, and to establish fundamental precision limits in electromagnetic systems. Furthermore rigorous modelling tools are developed for propagation of arbitrary electromagnetic fields, including for example stochastic fields exhibiting properties such as partial polarisation, through high numerical aperture optics. Finally these ideas are applied to the development, characterisation and optimisation of a number of topical optical systems: polarisation imaging; multiplexed optical data storage; and single molecule measurements. The work has implications for all optical imaging systems where polarisation of light is of concern.

Polarized Light and Optical Systems

Author : Russell Chipman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498700578
Total Pages : 1037 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Polarized Light and Optical Systems by : Russell Chipman

Download or read book Polarized Light and Optical Systems written by Russell Chipman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 1037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polarized Light and Optical Systems presents polarization optics for undergraduate and graduate students in a way which makes classroom teaching relevant to current issues in optical engineering. This curriculum has been developed and refined for a decade and a half at the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences. Polarized Light and Optical Systems provides a reference for the optical engineer and optical designer in issues related to building polarimeters, designing displays, and polarization critical optical systems. The central theme of Polarized Light and Optical Systems is a unifying treatment of polarization elements as optical elements and optical elements as polarization elements. Key Features Comprehensive presentation of Jones calculus and Mueller calculus with tables and derivations of the Jones and Mueller matrices for polarization elements and polarization effects Classroom-appropriate presentations of polarization of birefringent materials, thin films, stress birefringence, crystal polarizers, liquid crystals, and gratings Discussion of the many forms of polarimeters, their trade-offs, data reduction methods, and polarization artifacts Exposition of the polarization ray tracing calculus to integrate polarization with ray tracing Explanation of the sources of polarization aberrations in optical systems and the functional forms of these polarization aberrations Problem sets to build students’ problem-solving capabilities.

Stellar Polarimetry

Author : David Clarke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527628339
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (276 download)

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Book Synopsis Stellar Polarimetry by : David Clarke

Download or read book Stellar Polarimetry written by David Clarke and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an experienced teacher and author, this must-have source for work with polarimetric equipment and polarimetry in astronomy conveys the knowledge of the technology and techniques needed to measure and interpret polarizations. As such, this monograph offers a brief introduction and refresher, while also covering in detail statistics and data treatment as well as telescope optics. For astronomers, physicists and those working in the optical industry.

Optical Remote Sensing of Ocean Hydrodynamics

Author : Victor Raizer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351119176
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Book Synopsis Optical Remote Sensing of Ocean Hydrodynamics by : Victor Raizer

Download or read book Optical Remote Sensing of Ocean Hydrodynamics written by Victor Raizer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical Remote Sensing is one of the main technologies used in sea surface monitoring. Optical Remote Sensing of Ocean Hydrodynamics investigates and demonstrates capabilities of optical remote sensing technology for enhanced observations and detection of ocean environments. It provides extensive knowledge of physical principles and capabilities of optical observations of the oceans at high spatial resolution, 1-4m, and on the observations of surface wave hydrodynamic processes. It also describes the implementation of spectral-statistical and fusion algorithms for analyses of multispectral optical databases and establishes physics-based criteria for detection of complex wave phenomena and hydrodynamic disturbances including assessment and management of optical databases. This book explains the physical principles of high-resolution optical imagery of the ocean surface, discusses for the first time the capabilities of observing hydrodynamic processes and events, and emphasizes the integration of optical measurements and enhanced data analysis. It also covers both the assessment and the interpretation of dynamic multispectral optical databases and includes applications for advanced studies and nonacoustic detection. This book is an invaluable resource for researches, industry professionals, engineers, and students working on cross-disciplinary problems in ocean hydrodynamics, optical remote sensing of the ocean and sea surface remote sensing. Readers in the fields of geosciences and remote sensing, applied physics, oceanography, satellite observation technology, and optical engineering will learn the theory and practice of optical interactions with the ocean.

Polarized Light in Animal Vision

Author : Gábor Horváth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662093871
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Book Synopsis Polarized Light in Animal Vision by : Gábor Horváth

Download or read book Polarized Light in Animal Vision written by Gábor Horváth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of this volume is two-fold. First, it gathers typical polarization patterns occurring in nature. Second, it surveys the polarization-sensitive ani mals, the physiological mechanisms and biological functions of polarization sensitivity as weIl as the polarization-guided behaviour in animals. The monograph is prepared for biologists, physicists and meteorologists, espe cially for experts of atmospheric optics and animal vision, who wish to under stand and reveal the message hidden in polarization patterns of the optical environment not directly accessible to the human visual system, but measur able by polarimetry and perceived by many animals. Our volume is an attempt to build a bridge between these two physical and biological flelds. In Part I we introduce the reader to the elements of imaging polarimetry. This technique can be efflciently used, e. g. in atmospheric optics, remote sens ing and biology. In Part 11 we deal with typical polarization patterns of the natural optical environment. Sunrise/sunset, clear skies, cloudy skies, moonshine and total solar eclipses all mean quite different illumination conditions, wh ich also affect the spatial distribution and strength of celestial polarization. We pre sent the polarization patterns of the sky and its unpolarized (neutral) points under sunlit, moonlit, clear, cloudy and eclipsed conditions as a function of solar elevation. The polarization pattern of a rainbow is also shown. That part of the spectrum is derived in which perception of skylight polarization is optimal under partly cloudy skies.

Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems

Author : Ludmilla Kolokolova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316298949
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems by : Ludmilla Kolokolova

Download or read book Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems written by Ludmilla Kolokolova and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarising the striking advances of the last two decades, this reliable introduction to modern astronomical polarimetry provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art techniques, models and research methods. Focusing on optical and near-infrared wavelengths, each detailed, up-to-date chapter addresses a different facet of recent innovations, including new instrumentation, techniques and theories; new methods based on laboratory studies, enabling the modelling of polarimetric characteristics for a wide variety of astronomical objects; emerging fields of polarimetric exploration, including proto-planetary and debris discs, icy satellites, transneptunian objects, exoplanets, and the search for extraterrestrial life; and unique results produced by space telescopes, and polarimeters aboard exploratory spacecraft. With contributions from an international team of accomplished researchers, this is an ideal resource for astronomers and researchers working in astrophysics, earth sciences, and remote sensing keen to learn more about this valuable diagnostic tool. The book is dedicated to the memory of renowned polarimetrist Tom Gehrels.

Polarimetric Radar Imaging

Author : Jong-Sen Lee
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420054988
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Polarimetric Radar Imaging by : Jong-Sen Lee

Download or read book Polarimetric Radar Imaging written by Jong-Sen Lee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent launches of three fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) satellites have shown that polarimetric radar imaging can provide abundant data on the Earth’s environment, such as biomass and forest height estimation, snow cover mapping, glacier monitoring, and damage assessment. Written by two of the most recognized leaders in this field, Polarimetric Radar Imaging: From Basics to Applications presents polarimetric radar imaging and processing techniques and shows how to develop remote sensing applications using PolSAR imaging radar. The book provides a substantial and balanced introduction to the basic theory and advanced concepts of polarimetric scattering mechanisms, speckle statistics and speckle filtering, polarimetric information analysis and extraction techniques, and applications typical to radar polarimetric remote sensing. It explains the importance of wave polarization theory and the speckle phenomenon in the information retrieval problem of microwave imaging and inverse scattering. The authors demonstrate how to devise intelligent information extraction algorithms for remote sensing applications. They also describe more advanced polarimetric analysis techniques for polarimetric target decompositions, polarization orientation effects, polarimetric scattering modeling, speckle filtering, terrain and forest classification, manmade target analysis, and PolSAR interferometry. With sample PolSAR data sets and software available for download, this self-contained, hands-on book encourages you to analyze space-borne and airborne PolSAR and polarimetric interferometric SAR (Pol-InSAR) data and then develop applications using this data.

Polarimetric Detection, Characterization and Remote Sensing

Author : Michael I. Mishchenko
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400716354
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Polarimetric Detection, Characterization and Remote Sensing by : Michael I. Mishchenko

Download or read book Polarimetric Detection, Characterization and Remote Sensing written by Michael I. Mishchenko and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-29 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the need for accurate and non-invasive optical characterization and diagnostic techniques is rapidly increasing, it is imperative to find improved ways of extracting the additional information contained within the measured parameters of the scattered light. This is the first specialized monograph on photopolarimetry, a rapidly developing, multidisciplinary topic with numerous military, ecological remote-sensing, astrophysical, biomedical, and technological applications. The main objective is to describe and discuss techniques developed in various disciplines to acquire useful information from the polarization signal of scattered electromagnetic waves. It focuses on the state-of-the-art in polarimetric detection, characterization, and remote sensing, including military and environmental monitoring as well as terrestrial, atmospheric, and biomedical characterization. The book identifies polarimetric techniques that have been especially successful for various applications as well as the future needs of the various research communities. The monograph is intended to facilitate cross-pollination of ideas and thereby improve research efficiency and help advance the field of polarimetry into the future. The book is thoroughly interdisciplinary and contains only invited review chapters written by leading experts in the respective fields. It will be useful to science professionals, engineers, and graduate students working in a broad range of disciplines: optics, electromagnetics, atmospheric radiation and remote sensing, radar meteorology, oceanography, climate research, astrophysics, optical engineering and technology, particle characterization, and biomedical optics.

Multi-band Polarization Imaging and Applications

Author : Yongqiang Zhao
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 366249373X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Multi-band Polarization Imaging and Applications written by Yongqiang Zhao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the optical multi-band polarization imaging theory and the utilization of the multi-band polarimetric information for detecting the camouflage object and the optical hidden marker, and enhancing the visibility in bad weather and water. The book describes systematically and in detail the basic optical polarimetry theory; provides abundant multi-band polarimetric imaging experiment data; and indicates practical evaluation methods for designing the multi-band polarization imager, for analyzing and modeling the object’s multi-band polarization characteristics, and for enhancing the vision performance in scattering media. This book shows the latest research results of multi-band polarimetric vision, especially in camouflage object detection, optical hidden marker detection and multi-band polarimetric imagery fusion. From this book, readers can get a complete understanding about multi-band polarimetric imaging and its application in different vision tasks.

Fundamentals of Polarimetric Remote Sensing

Author : John Robert Schott
Publisher : SPIE Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Polarimetric Remote Sensing written by John Robert Schott and published by SPIE Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is for those who need an introduction to polarimetric signals to begin working in the field of polarimetric remote sensing, particularly where the contrast between manmade objects and natural backgrounds are the subjects of interest. The book takes a systems approach to the physical processes involved with formation, collection, and analysis of polarimetric remote sensing data in the visible through longwave infrared. (pBRDF) is then introduced as a way to characterize the reflective and emissive polarimetric behavior of materials. With Dr. Schott's text, you will gain an introduction to polarimetric remote sensing, an appreciation of its issues, and the tools to begin to work in the field.

Introduction to Complex Mediums for Optics and Electromagnetics

Author : Werner S. Weiglhofer
Publisher : SPIE Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819449474
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Book Synopsis Introduction to Complex Mediums for Optics and Electromagnetics by : Werner S. Weiglhofer

Download or read book Introduction to Complex Mediums for Optics and Electromagnetics written by Werner S. Weiglhofer and published by SPIE Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex-mediums electromagnetics (CME) describes the study of electromagnetic fields in materials with complicated response properties. This truly multidisciplinary field commands the attentions of scientists from physics and optics to electrical and electronic engineering, from chemistry to materials science, to applied mathematics, biophysics, and nanotechnology. This book is a collection of essays to explain complex mediums for optical and electromagnetic applications. All contributors were requested to write with two aims: first, to educate; second, to provide a state-of-the-art review of a particular subtopic. The vast scope of CME exemplified by the actual materials covered in the essays should provide a plethora of opportunities to the novice and the initiated alike.

Handbook of Optical Sensing of Glucose in Biological Fluids and Tissues

Author : Valery V. Tuchin
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781584889755
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Optical Sensing of Glucose in Biological Fluids and Tissues by : Valery V. Tuchin

Download or read book Handbook of Optical Sensing of Glucose in Biological Fluids and Tissues written by Valery V. Tuchin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although noninvasive, continuous monitoring of glucose concentration in blood and tissues is one of the most challenging areas in medicine, a wide range of optical techniques has recently been designed to help develop robust noninvasive methods for glucose sensing. For the first time in book form, the Handbook of Optical Sensing of Glucose in Biological Fluids and Tissues analyzes trends in noninvasive optical glucose sensing and discusses its impact on tissue optical properties. This handbook presents methods that improve the accuracy in glucose prediction based on infrared absorption spectroscopy, recent studies on the influence of acute hyperglycemia on cerebral blood flow, and the correlation between diabetes and the thermo-optical response of human skin. It examines skin glucose monitoring by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR), fluorescence-based glucose biosensors, and a photonic crystal contact lens sensor. The contributors also explore problems of polarimetric glucose sensing in transparent and turbid tissues as well as offer a high-resolution optical technique for noninvasive, continuous, and accurate blood glucose monitoring and glucose diffusion measurement. Written by world-renowned experts in biomedical optics and biophotonics, this book gives a complete, state-of-the-art treatise on the design and applications of noninvasive optical methods and instruments for glucose sensing.

Physical Optics and Light Measurements

Author :
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080860141
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Physical Optics and Light Measurements written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical Optics and Light Measurements

Supermassive Black Holes

Author : Minas Kafatos
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521342469
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Supermassive Black Holes written by Minas Kafatos and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1988-02-18 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems

Author : Russell A. Chipman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems written by Russell A. Chipman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach

Author : José Jorge Gil
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000568660
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach written by José Jorge Gil and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-06-19 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Up-to-Date Compendium on the Physics and Mathematics of Polarization Phenomena Now thoroughly revised, Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach cohesively integrates basic concepts of polarization phenomena from the dual viewpoints of the states of polarization of electromagnetic waves and the transformations of these states by the action of material media. Through selected examples, it also illustrates actual and potential applications in materials science, biology, and optics technology. The book begins with the basic concepts related to two- and three-dimensional polarization states. It next describes the nondepolarizing linear transformations of the states of polarization through the Jones and Mueller-Jones approaches. The authors then discuss the forms and properties of the Jones and Mueller matrices associated with different types of nondepolarizing media, address the foundations of the Mueller matrix, and delve more deeply into the analysis of the physical parameters associated with Mueller matrices. The authors proceed with introducing the arbitrary decomposition and other useful parallel decompositions, and compare the powerful serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices. They also analyze the general formalism and specific algebraic quantities and notions related to the concept of differential Mueller matrix. Useful approaches that provide a geometric point of view on the polarization effects exhibited by different types of media are also comprehensively described. The book concludes with a new chapter devoted to the main procedures for filtering measured Mueller matrices. Suitable for advanced graduates and more seasoned professionals, this book covers the main aspects of polarized radiation and polarization effects of material media. It expertly combines physical and mathematical concepts with important approaches for representing media through equivalent systems composed of simple components.