Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics

Number 1, Volume 6, 2005

Fractal structure of 2D Mueller matrix images of biotissues
Angelsky O.V., Ushenko A.G., Ushenko Yu.A., Angelskaya A.O.

Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsyubinsky St., 58012 Chernivtsi, Ukraine

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Interconnections between a geometric structure of biotissues and their polarization properties have been studied. It has been shown that a fractal character of those properties for physiologically normal biotissue transforms into multifractal for pathologically changed one.

Keywords: Mueller matrix, biotissue, tomography, fibril, polarization

PACS: 42.62.-b, 42.62.Be, 42.25.Lc, 42.25.Ja, 81.70.Tx

doi 10.3116/16091833/6/1/13/2005

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