Study on anisotropy orientation due to well-ordered fibrous biological microstructures

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Significance: Most biological fibrous tissues have anisotropic optical characteristics, which originate from scattering by their fibrous microstructures and birefringence of biological macromolecules. The orientation-related anisotropic interpretation is of great value in biological tissue characterization and pathological diagnosis.

Aim: We focus on intrinsic birefringence and form birefringence in biological tissue samples. By observing and comparing the forward Mueller matrix of typical samples, we can understand the interpretation ability of orientation-related polarization parameters and further distinguish the sources and trends of anisotropy in tissues.

Approach: For glass fiber, silk fiber, skeletal muscle, and tendon, we construct a forward measuring device to obtain the Mueller matrix image and calculate the anisotropic parameters related to orientation. The statistical analysis method based on polar coordinates can effectively analyze the difference in anisotropic parameters.

Results: For those birefringent fibers, the statistical distribution of fast-axis values derived from Mueller matrix polar decomposition was found to exhibit bimodal characteristics, which is a key point in distinguishing the single-layer birefringent fiber sample from a layered, multioriented fibrous sample. The application conditions and interference factors of anisotropic orientation parameters are analyzed. Based on the parameters extracted from the orientation bimodal distribution, we can evaluate the relative change trend of intrinsic birefringence and form birefringence in anisotropic samples.

Conclusions: The cross-vertical bimodal distribution of the fast axis of anisotropic fibers is beneficial to accurately analyze the anisotropic changes in biological tissues. The results imply the potential of anisotropic orientation analysis for applications in pathological diagnosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Journal of biomedical optics - 29(2024), 5 vom: 27. März, Seite 052919

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Zhidi [VerfasserIn]
Song, Jiawei [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Qiqi [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Hui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anisotropic orientation
Birefringence
Journal Article
Mueller matrix
Polarization

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Date Completed 01.03.2024

Date Revised 01.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1117/1.JBO.29.5.052919

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369100239