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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical optics
    • Microscopy
    • Image processing

    Background:

    • Optical coherence microscopy (OCM) offers high-resolution 3D imaging of biological samples.
    • High numerical aperture (NA) in OCM improves lateral resolution but reduces depth-of-field (DOF).
    • Interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy (ISAM) and extended focus OCM (xfOCM) offer partial solutions to the resolution-DOF trade-off.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce extended ISAM (xISAM), a novel method combining ISAM and xfOCM.
    • To overcome the inherent trade-off between resolution and DOF in OCM.
    • To achieve high transverse resolution and an extended DOF simultaneously.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed xISAM by generalizing the ISAM algorithm using the 3D coherent transfer function (CTF).
    • Integrated Bessel beam illumination (from xfOCM) with ISAM principles.
    • Validated xISAM using both simulated and experimental data.

    Main Results:

    • xISAM successfully combined high transverse resolution with an extended DOF.
    • Demonstrated that xISAM surpasses the performance of conventional ISAM and xfOCM individually.
    • Achieved imaging capabilities previously unattainable.

    Conclusions:

    • xISAM represents a significant advancement in optical microscopy.
    • The method offers a powerful tool for 3D imaging of biological specimens with enhanced resolution and DOF.
    • xISAM opens new possibilities for detailed microscopic analysis in life sciences.