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2026Journal

Gestational stage prediction from cervical tissue analysis using imaging Mueller polarimetry data

Chae, S., Ajmal, A., Pei, J., Sanchez, A., Boonya-ananta, T., Rodriguez, A., Novikova, T., & Ramella-Roman, J. C.

arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.24139

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2602.24139
2026Journal

Intensity-based segmentation of tissue images using a U-Net with a pretrained ResNet-34 encoder: application to Mueller microscopy

Chae, S., Giammattei, D., Ajmal, A., Pei, J., Sanchez, A., Boonya-ananta, T., Rodriguez, A., Novikova, T., & Ramella-Roman, J.

Journal of Microscopy (accepted); preprint arXiv:2602.09787

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2602.09787
2025Journal

Retardance and depolarization of brain white matter for intraoperative delineation of brain tumors: experiments and simulations

Wang, M., Chae, S., Lukinsonė, V., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Hahne, C., Hewer, E., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., Schucht, P., & Novikova, T.

Biomedical Optics Express, 16(12), 5261–5278

DOI: 10.1364/BOE.577075
2025Journal

Machine learning approach to 3×4 Mueller polarimetry for complete reconstruction of diagnostic polarimetric images of biological tissues

Chae, S., Huang, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Lucas, T., Vanel, J. C., Vizet, J., et al., & Novikova, T.

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 44(9), 3820–3831

DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2025.3567570
2026Journal

Physical realizability test for partial Mueller matrix using supervised learning algorithms· Under review

Chae, S., Wang, M., Albano, G., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Hahne, C., Schucht, P., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., & Novikova, T.

Biomedical Optics Express

2026Book Chapter

Polarization-Sensitive Microscopy· Submitted

Novikova, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Lucas, T., Chae, S.

Optical Techniques in Clinical Applications, Progress in Optical Science and Photonics, Springer Nature

2026Patent

Physics-Informed Machine Learning System and Method for Real-Time Extraction of Polarimetric Parameters from Complete and Partial Mueller Matrices

Novikova, T., Chae, S., & Chae, H.

EU Patent Application FR2604664

2026ProceedingsConference

Fibrillar collagen organization mapping from imaging Mueller polarimetry data using SHG-guided machine learning· SPIE Photonics Europe Best Student Paper Presentation Award

Chae, S., Ajmal, A., Pei, J., Novikova, T., & Ramella-Roman, J. C.

Tissue Optics and Photonics IV, Proc. SPIE 14098, 140981G, Strasbourg, France

DOI: 10.1117/12.3097994
2026ProceedingsConference

Gestational stage prediction from cervical tissue analysis using imaging Mueller polarimetry data

Chae, S., Rodriguez, A. J., Boonya-Ananta, T., Ajmal, A., Pei, J., Sanchez, A. N., Novikova, T., & Ramella-Roman, J. C.

Tissue Optics and Photonics IV, Proc. SPIE 14098, 140981D

DOI: 10.1117/12.3098569
2026Conference

Interactive interface for automated adjustment and calibration of wide-field Mueller polarimeter for real-time imaging of biological tissues

Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Iqbal, A., Chae, S., Gros, É., Hahne, C., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., Schucht, P., & Novikova, T.

Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Imaging IV

DOI: 10.1117/12.3099544
2026Conference

Fast partial 3×4 Mueller polarimetry for real-time diagnostic imaging of tissue

Novikova, T., Chae, S., Lucas, T., & Ramella-Roman, J. C.

Biomedical Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Imaging IV

DOI: 10.1117/12.3114344
2026Conference

Wide-field imaging Mueller polarimetry: a new perspective on intra-operative brain tumor visualization

Novikova, T., Chae, S., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., & Schucht, P.

Optica Biophotonics Congress 2026 – Optics and the Brain

2026Poster

Enabling high-throughput polarimetric brain imaging via fast learned denoising on embedded GPUs

Albano, G., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Chae, S., Schucht, P., et al.

High-Throughput Biophotonics: Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Beyond XI

2026Conference

Feasibility study for end-to-end in vivo tissue classification during neurosurgery using wide-field imaging Mueller polarimetry

Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Lucas, T., Chae, S., Hahne, C., Hasler, D., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., Novikova, T., & Schucht, P.

Multimodal Biomedical Imaging XXI

DOI: 10.1117/12.3080587
2026Conference

Evaluation of human cervical structure using a portable polarized imaging system

Sanchez, A., Boonya-Ananta, T., Chae, S., Rodriguez, A., Pei, J., Ajmal, A., DeHoog, E., & Ramella-Roman, J. C.

Harnessing Light-Based Technologies for Reproductive, Maternal, and Neonatal Health: From Fundamental Discovery to Translation

DOI: 10.1117/12.3080063
2026Conference

Ex vivo validation of wide-field imaging Mueller polarimetry for real-time neurosurgical brain tissue differentiation

Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Lucas, T., Gros, É., Baier, D., Chae, S., Hahne, C., Hasler, D., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., Schucht, P., & Novikova, T.

Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics 2026

DOI: 10.1117/12.3080648
2026ProceedingsConference

Discriminating brain tumors from fiber-crossing zones in linear retardance images of brain tissue via depolarization contrast

Wang, M., Chae, S., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Hahne, C., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., Schucht, P., & Novikova, T.

Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics 2026, Proc. SPIE

DOI: 10.1117/12.3078657
2026Conference

Robust calibration of a dual-camera polarimetric system for near-real-time tissue imaging

Lucas, T., Chae, S., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Gros, É., Moriconi, S., McKinley, R., et al.

Photonic Instrumentation Engineering XIII

2026ProceedingsConference

Correction of polarimetric artifacts caused by a plastic cover in an imaging Mueller polarimeter operating in reflection mode

Diamant, A., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Chae, S., Gros, É., Hahne, C., Maragkou, T., McKinley, R., Schucht, P., & Novikova, T.

Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics 2026, Proc. SPIE

DOI: 10.1117/12.3079639
2026ProceedingsConference

Physical realizability test for partial 3×4 Mueller matrix using supervised learning algorithms

Chae, S., Wang, M., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., et al., & Novikova, T.

SPIE Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics 13322, San Francisco, CA

DOI: 10.1117/12.3075258
2025ProceedingsConference

Machine learning approach to 3×4 Mueller polarimetry for complete reconstruction of diagnostic polarimetric images of biological tissues

Chae, S., Huang, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Lucas, T., et al., & Novikova, T.

SPIE Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics 13322, 133220A, San Francisco, CA

DOI: 10.1117/12.3042830
2026Conference

Strategies for correcting plastic cover-induced artifacts in Mueller polarimetric imaging during neurosurgery· Conference presentation 13854-56

Diamant, A., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., Chae, S., et al.

Polarized Light and Optical Angular Momentum for Biomedical Diagnostics 2026, presentation 13854-56

2026Conference

Physics-informed and ML-based filtering for partial Mueller matrices in biomedical polarimetry

Chae, S., & Novikova, T.

Journées Imagerie Optique Non Conventionnelle – 21e édition, Paris

2026Poster

Wide-field Mueller polarimetry for real-time intra-operative brain tumour visualization

Chae, S., & Novikova, T.

Gordon Research Conference: Optics and Photonics in Medicine and Biology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA

2025Poster

Fast Mueller matrix decomposition using physics-informed algorithms for intraoperative neurosurgery

Chae, S., Chae, H., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., et al., & Novikova, T.

Northeast Symposium on Biomedical Optics (NESBO), MIT, Cambridge, MA

2025Poster

Mueller matrix decomposition using physics-informed algorithms

Chae, S., Chae, H., Lucas, T., Rodríguez-Núñez, O., et al., & Novikova, T.

4th International Workshop on BioPhotonics and Optical Angular Momentum, Palaiseau, France

2025Poster

Monte Carlo modelling of polarimetric images of white matter of brain tissue for neurosurgery

Wang, M., Chae, S., Lukinsonė, V., Lucas, T., et al., & Novikova, T.

Journées Imagerie Optique Non Conventionnelle – 20e édition, Paris