Polarization Correlometry of Scattering Biological Tissues and Fluids (SpringerBriefs in Physics)

This book presents a new diagnostic approach that utilizes complex statistical, correlation, fractal, and singular analysis of spatial distribution of the Stokes vector of scattered polarized light in different diffraction zones. The technique is able to identify changes in the distribution of optical axes and the birefringent indices of multi-layered fibrillar networks of biological tissues. The book also presents various scenarios for the formation of polarization singularities in laser speckle images of phase-inhomogeneous, multi-layered biological tissues in terms of the characteristic values of Mueller-matrix images. Moreover, in the context of potential diagnostic applications, it discusses the states of polarization singularities and their changes associated with the pathological abnormalities of the extracellular matrix of human tissues, its spatial peculiarities and structural orientation.

Bachinskyi Victor was born in 1952. In 1976, he graduated from Chernivtsi State Medical Institute and received Candidate of Medical Sciences in 1988. He was awarded the Title of Associate Professor of the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine in Bukovinian State Medical University in 1991. Doctor of Medical Sciences from 2009, the topic of his dissertation was: "Laser spectroscopy of biological tissues to develop objective criteria forensic determination of death and old time hematoma formation." He was awarded the Title of Professor of the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine in 2011.

Alexander Dubolazov is an Associate Professor at the Chernivtsi National University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in optics from the Chernivtsi National University in 2006 and 2007, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in optics, laser physics from the Chernivtsi National University in 2010. He is the author of more than 100 journal papers and has written five book chapters. His current research interests include laser polarimetry, holography, etc.