Abstract
The possibilities of using Mueller matrix (MM) imaging polarimetry to assess meat quality have not yet been sufficiently explored. In the current study, the fresh porcine muscles are imaged at room temperature with a wide-field MM imaging polarimeter over 26 hours to visualize dynamics of tissue optical properties through applying Lu-Chipman decomposition. The frequency distribution histograms (FDHs) and statistical analysis of the MM elements show prominent changes over time. The wavelength spectra of both total depolarization and scalar retardance have dips at 550 nm whereas their values continuously increase with time; the former is referred to the increase of number of scattering events and decrease of myoglobin absorption in the red part of visible spectra related to meat color and freshness, while the latter is associated with the increase in birefringence and meat tenderness. The obtained results are promising to develop a novel fast noncontact optical technique for monitoring of meat quality.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e202000376 |
| Journal | Journal of Biophotonics |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
This work received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska‐Curie (grant agreement No 713606); Cost Actions (CA16118); Academy of Finland (grant (314369, 325097), the ATTRACT project funded by the EC under Grant Agreement 777222; MEPhI Academic Excellence Project (Contract No. 02.a03.21.0005, IM), National Research Tomsk State University Academic D.I. Mendeleev Fund Program, Campus France PHC Dumont D'Urville project POLANNs (No. 43261UE), INFOTECH strategic funding and Russian Science Foundation (Project19‐72‐30012).