  This study is concerned with the design of a Mueller imaging polarimeter for
the visualization of spatially-varying Mueller matrix fields. A simplified
calibration procedure is advocated, where all the optical elements are
calibrated simultaneously rather than independently as in the state-of-the-art.
This is shown to significantly reduce the bias inherent to sequential
calibration methods. In addition, this procedure requires no reference sample,
it allows calibration both in transmission or in reflection modes, and it
relies on ready-to-use cameras. Put together, these novelties should help
non-specialists in optics designing and calibrating a Mueller imaging
polarimeter for applications such as material classification.

Instrumentation and Detectors;Optics