Table 1 Mean values of the element of Mueller matrices obtained for four different Bacteria and BFLBAM.

From: Detection and Discrimination of Bacterial Colonies with Mueller Matrix Imaging

Polarization parameter

Samples

Escherichia coli

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Rhodococcus erythropolis

Staphylococcus aureus

BFLBAM

Diattenuation

0.8591

0.8847

0.9055

0.8451

0.8232

Depolarization

0.4506

0.6640

0.5580

0.5880

0.0372

Polarizance

0.1756

0.1245

0.1623

0.1527

0.6305