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most citedA Jones matrix formalism for simulating three-dimensional polarized light imaging of brain tissue

67 citations · 276 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.med-ph2024

Scattering polarimetry enables correlative nerve fiber imaging and multimodal analysis

Franca auf der Heiden, Markus Axer, Katrin Amunts +1

Mapping the intricate network of nerve fibers is crucial for understanding brain function. Three-Dimensional Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) and Computational Scattered Light Imag…

eess.IV2022

GORDA: Graph-based ORientation Distribution Analysis of SLI scatterometry Patterns of Nerve Fibres

Esteban Vaca, Miriam Menzel, Katrin Amunts +2

Scattered Light Imaging (SLI) is a novel approach for microscopically revealing the fibre architecture of unstained brain sections. The measurements are obtained by illuminating br…

physics.bio-ph2021★ 16 cited

Automated computation of nerve fibre inclinations from 3D polarised light imaging measurements of brain tissue

Miriam Menzel, Jan A. Reuter, David Gräßel +3

The method 3D polarised light imaging (3D-PLI) measures the birefringence of histological brain sections to determine the spatial course of nerve fibres (myelinated axons). While t…

physics.bio-ph2021★ 23 cited

Scatterometry Measurements with Scattered Light Imaging Enable New Insights into the Nerve Fiber Architecture of the Brain

Miriam Menzel, Marouan Ritzkowski, Jan André Reuter +3

The correct reconstruction of individual (crossing) nerve fibers is a prerequisite when constructing a detailed network model of the brain. The recently developed technique Scatter…

physics.med-ph2020

Independent Component Analysis for noise and artifact removal in Three-dimensional Polarized Light Imaging

Kai Benning, Miriam Menzel, Jan Reuter +1

In recent years, Independent Component Analysis (ICA) has successfully been applied to remove noise and artifacts in images obtained from Three-dimensional Polarized Light Imaging…

physics.med-ph2020★ 44 cited

Scattered Light Imaging: Resolving the substructure of nerve fiber crossings in whole brain sections with micrometer resolution

Miriam Menzel, Jan André Reuter, David Gräßel +4

For developing a detailed network model of the brain based on image reconstructions, it is necessary to spatially resolve crossing nerve fibers. The accuracy hereby depends on many…

physics.med-ph2020★ 14 cited

Coherent Fourier scatterometry reveals nerve fiber crossings in the brain

Miriam Menzel, Silvania F. Pereira

Previous simulation studies by Menzel et al. [Phys. Rev. X 10, 021002 (2020)] have shown that scattering patterns of light transmitted through artificial nerve fiber constellations…

physics.med-ph2018★ 50 cited

Diattenuation Imaging reveals different brain tissue properties

Miriam Menzel, Markus Axer, Katrin Amunts +2

When transmitting polarised light through histological brain sections, different types of diattenuation (polarisation-dependent attenuation of light) can be observed: In some brain…

physics.med-ph2018★ 51 cited

Finite-Difference Time-Domain simulations of transmission microscopy enable a better interpretation of 3D nerve fiber architectures in the brain

Miriam Menzel, Markus Axer, Hans De Raedt +5

In many laboratories, conventional bright-field transmission microscopes are available to study the structure and organization principles of fibrous tissue samples, but they usuall…

physics.med-ph2017

Diattenuation of Brain Tissue and its Impact on 3D Polarized Light Imaging

Miriam Menzel, Julia Reckfort, Daniel Weigand +3

3D-Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) reconstructs nerve fibers in histological brain sections by measuring their birefringence. This study investigates another effect caused by the…

physics.med-ph2016★ 11 cited

Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulation for Three-dimensional Polarized Light Imaging

Miriam Menzel, Markus Axer, Hans De Raedt +1

Three-dimensional Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) is a promising technique to reconstruct the nerve fiber architecture of human post-mortem brains from birefringence measurements…

physics.med-ph2015★ 67 cited

A Jones matrix formalism for simulating three-dimensional polarized light imaging of brain tissue

Miriam Menzel, Kristel Michielsen, Hans De Raedt +3

The neuroimaging technique three-dimensional polarized light imaging (3D-PLI) provides a high-resolution reconstruction of nerve fibres in human post-mortem brains. The orientation…