Abstract:
To characterize the degree of similarity inherent to parameters of the optically uniaxial birefringent
protein-¯bril networks of biological tissues, a new parameter — complex degree of
mutual anisotropy — has been o®ered. The technique of polarization measuring the coordinate
distributions of the complex degree of mutual anisotropy of biological tissues has been developed.
It has been shown that statistical approach to the analysis of complex degree of mutual anisotropy
distributions for biological tissues in various morphological and physiological states and for
di®erent optical thicknesses appears to be more sensitive and e±cient in di®erentiation of
physiological state, as compared to investigations of complex degree of mutual polarization in the
corresponding laser images.
