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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Optics
    • Quantitative Phase Imaging
    • Microscopy

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    • Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) offers broad biomedical potential but is limited by hardware and illumination requirements.
    • Partially coherent illumination is compatible with standard microscopy, facilitating wider QPI adoption.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel defocus-based reconstruction method for quantitative phase imaging (QPI) using partially coherent illumination.
    • To enable QPI applications on conventional microscopy platforms for enhanced biomedical research.

    Main Methods:

    • A new defocus-based reconstruction algorithm was developed to invert the partially coherent phase optical transfer function.
    • The method efficiently uses a limited number of sampled micrographs.
    • Assumptions include weak absorption and slowly varying phase objects.

    Main Results:

    • Simulations demonstrated the method's compatibility with large phase objects and compared its performance against similar algorithms.
    • Experimental validation using a microlens array confirmed the method's accuracy.
    • Live adherent cells were imaged using time-lapse microscopy with an off-the-shelf microscope.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method effectively extends quantitative phase imaging capabilities.
    • This approach shows significant potential for widespread adoption in the biomedical community using standard microscopes.