VIDEO IMAGING OF SUPERFICIAL BIOLOGICAL TISSUE LAYERS USING POLARIZED LIGHT

摘要

A video imaging device includes a light source (2), a detector (36), and an optical polarization system (6, 38) for video imaging of superfical biological tissue layers (26, 32). The device relies on taking a set of measurements at different polarization orientations so as to render a new image that is independent of the light (22) reflected from the surface (12) of a tissue sample (14) and that is independent of the light (34) scattered from deep tissue layers (32).