@inproceedings{duncan10c,
  author = {Donald D. Duncan and Scott A. Prahl and Amanda Dayton and David G. Fischer},
  title = {Quantification of tissue organizational structure using {DIC} microscopy},
  booktitle = {Saratov Fall Meeting, Joint Workshop on Microscopic and Low-Coherence Methods in Biomedical and Non-Biomedical Applications {III}},
  year = {2010},
  editor = {Valery V. Tuchin},
  pages = {},
  volume = {},
  url = {http://optics.sgu.ru/SFM_Files/2010/report/1163/},
  abstract = {Characterization of the multiscale scatter properties is essential for an understanding of the underlying structural organization of biological tissues. Such characterizations will lead to improved diagnoses and new imaging concepts. We present a particularly simple means of performing the requisite scatter measurements with a differential interference contrast microscope. The resulting characterization is in terms of spatially resolved maps of the (polar and azimuthal) angular ray deviations of the scattered light. With such data, tissues can be characterized in terms of their first and second order scatter properties. We discuss a simple means of calibrating a DIC microscope, the measurement procedure and quantitative interpretation of the ensuing data. First and second order statistics are presented for a variety of tissue types.},
}