Mueller Matrix Analysis of Collagen and Gelatin Containing Samples Towards More Objective Skin Tissue Diagnostics

verfasst von

Dierk Fricke, Alexander Becker, Annice Heratizadeh, Sara Knigge, Lennart Jütte, Merve Wollweber, Thomas Werfel, Bernhard Wilhelm Roth, Birgit Glasmacher

Abstract

Electrospun polycaprolactone:gelatin (PCL:GT) fibre scaffolds are widely employed in the field of tissue implants. Here, the orientation of fibres plays an important role in regard to implantation due to the impact on the mechanical properties. Likewise, the orientation of collagen fibres in skin tissue is relevant for dermatology. State-of-the-art fibre orientation measurement methods like electron microscopy are time consuming and destructive. In this work, we demonstrate polarimetry as a non-invasive approach and evaluate its potential by measuring the Mueller matrix (MM) of gelatin and collagen containing samples as simple skin tissue phantoms. We demonstrate that it is possible to determine the orientation of PCL:GT fibre scaffolds within one MM measurement. Furthermore, we determine the structural orientation in collagen film samples. Currently, the diagnosis of skin diseases is often performed by image analysis or histopathology respectively, which are either subjective or invasive. The method presented, here, provides an interesting alternative approach for such investigations. Our findings indicate that the orientation of collagen fibres within skin lesions might be detectable by MM measurements in the future, which is of interest for skin diagnostics, and will be further investigated during the next step.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Hannoversches Zentrum für Optische Technologien (HOT)
Institut für Mehrphasenprozesse
PhoenixD: Simulation, Fabrikation und Anwendung optischer Systeme

Externe Organisation(en)

NIFE- Niedersächsisches Zentrum für Biomedizintechnik, Implantatforschung und Entwicklung
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Polymers

Band

12

Anzahl der Seiten

16

ISSN

2073-4360

Publikationsdatum

22.06.2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Chemie (insg.), Polymere und Kunststoffe

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12061400 (Zugang: Offen)