Polarisation Imaging of Soft Tissue Membranes

Polarisation imaging of biological media has a wide range of applications including cancer identification in tissues, such as colon, liver, cervix, breast, and skin; non-invasive glucose sensing; and non-destructive characterisation of the structural anisotropy in tissues containing fibrous components, such as collagen and actin-myosin. In this talk I will present my PhD work on the development of a wide-field Mueller matrix imaging system that has been integrated with a mechanical tester to enable structure-function studies of soft tissue membranes, such as pericardium, and discuss its potential applications in tissue engineering.

Alex Dixon

Research Assistant, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland

Alex recently defended his PhD thesis on polarisation imaging of soft tissue membranes under the supervision of Prof Poul Nielsen, Prof Andrew Taberner, and Prof Martyn Nash. He is now working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute on projects involving computer vision and tissue engineering.

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