Investigation of singularities inherent to Mueller matrix images of biological crystals: diagnostics of their birefringent structure

摘要

In this work, we have theoretically grounded conceptions of singularitiesudobserved in coordinate distributions of Mueller matrix elements for a network of humanudtissue biological crystals. Found is interrelation between polarization singularities ofudlaser images inherent to these biological crystals and characteristic values of aboveudmatrix elements. We have determined criteria for statistical diagnostics of pathologicaludchanges in the birefringent structure of biological crystal network by using myometriumudtissue as an example.