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

67 citations · 294 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

eess.IV2025

From Fibers to Cells: Fourier-Based Registration Enables Virtual Cresyl Violet Staining From 3D Polarized Light Imaging

Alexander Oberstrass, Esteban Vaca, Eric Upschulte +7

Comprehensive assessment of the various aspects of the brain's microstructure requires the use of complementary imaging techniques. This includes measuring the spatial distribution…

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…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

Analyzing Regional Organization of the Human Hippocampus in 3D-PLI Using Contrastive Learning and Geometric Unfolding

Alexander Oberstrass, Jordan DeKraker, Nicola Palomero-Gallagher +5

Understanding the cortical organization of the human brain requires interpretable descriptors for distinct structural and functional imaging data. 3D polarized light imaging (3D-PL…

cs.CV2024★ 4 cited

Self-Supervised Representation Learning for Nerve Fiber Distribution Patterns in 3D-PLI

Alexander Oberstrass, Sascha E. A. Muenzing, Meiqi Niu +5

A comprehensive understanding of the organizational principles in the human brain requires, among other factors, well-quantifiable descriptors of nerve fiber architecture. Three-di…

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★ 12 cited

Analytical and fast Fiber Orientation Distribution reconstruction in 3D-Polarized Light Imaging

A. Alimi, S. Deslauriers-Gauthier, F. Matuschke +4

Three dimensional Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) is an optical technique which allows mapping the spatial fiber architecture of fibrous postmortem tissues, at sub-millimeter reso…

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.comp-ph2019★ 11 cited

Dense Fiber Modeling for 3D-Polarized Light Imaging Simulations

Felix Matuschke, Kévin Ginsburger, Cyril Poupon +2

3D-Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) is a neuroimaging technique used to study the structural connectivity of the human brain at the meso- and microscale. In 3D-PLI, the complex ner…

cs.CV2018★ 1 cited

Towards ultra-high resolution 3D reconstruction of a whole rat brain from 3D-PLI data

Sharib Ali, Martin Schober, Philipp Schlöme +3

3D reconstruction of the fiber connectivity of the rat brain at microscopic scale enables gaining detailed insight about the complex structural organization of the brain. We introd…

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…

physics.ins-det2005★ 3 cited

Maximizing the Bandwidth Efficiency of the CMS Tracker Analog Optical Links

Stefanos Dris, Markus Axer, Costas Foudas +4

The feasibility of achieving faster data transmission using advanced digital modulation techniques over the current CMS Tracker analog optical link is explored. The spectral effici…