Laser polarimetry of biological tissues and fluids

To characterize the degree of consistency of parameters of the optically uniaxial birefringent protein-fibril networks of biological tissues, the new parameter – complex degree of mutual anisotropy has been offered. The technique of polarization measuring the coordinate distributions of the complex degree of mutual anisotropy in biological tissues is developed. On the basis of the model of generalized optical anisotropy the two-wave technique of azimuthally invariant Mueller-matrix reconstruction of optical anisotropy parameters that are characteristic of polycrystalline blood plasma films was developed. The interrelations between the set of statistical moments of the 1st-4th order characterizing the distributions of optical anisotropy parameters and the difference in polycrystalline structure of blood plasma films of healthy people and breast cancer patients were determined.