Method for Assessing the Condition of a Tissue Sample with Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation

摘要

A method for assessing the condition of a tissue sample includes the steps of:;1. illuminating the sample with incident electromagnetic radiation exhibiting P polarization types,;2. for each of the P polarization types, inspecting the scattered incident radiation for at least one and possibly all of Q polarization types;;3. establishing a transfer function M relating the intensity of the P polarization types of the incident radiation to the intensity of the polarization types for which the scattered radiation was inspected;;4. comparing the established transfer function to one or more reference transfer functions; and;5. reaching a conclusion about the condition of the tissue sample based on the comparison.

主权项

1. A method for assessing the condition of a tissue sample comprising
illuminating the sample with incident electromagnetic radiation exhibiting P polarization types; for each of the P polarization types, inspecting scattered incident radiation for at least one Q polarization type; establishing a transfer function M relating the intensity of the P polarization types of the incident radiation to the intensity of the polarization types for which of the scattered radiation was inspected; comparing the established transfer function to one or more reference transfer functions; and reaching a conclusion about the condition of the tissue sample based on the comparison.