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    • Optical Imaging
    • Phase Contrast Microscopy
    • Biomedical Optics

    Background:

    • Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is crucial for label-free cell visualization.
    • Defocus-based QPI methods like MFPI-PC and POTFR offer 2D imaging capabilities.
    • Both MFPI-PC and POTFR utilize transfer function inversion but differ in their intensity-based approaches.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare and contrast multifilter phase imaging with partially coherent light (MFPI-PC) and phase optical transfer function recovery (POTFR).
    • To identify and address the limitations of both MFPI-PC and POTFR.
    • To evaluate the performance improvements of revised MFPI-PC and POTFR.

    Main Methods:

    • Comparative analysis of MFPI-PC and POTFR based on their underlying principles.
    • Identification of six disadvantages across both imaging techniques.
    • Implementation of improvement strategies for both MFPI-PC and POTFR.

    Main Results:

    • Six disadvantages were identified (five in MFPI-PC, one in POTFR).
    • Revised MFPI-PC demonstrated enhanced accuracy compared to its original form and the revised POTFR.
    • Revised POTFR exhibited improved speed over the original POTFR and was slightly faster than the revised MFPI-PC.

    Conclusions:

    • Both MFPI-PC and POTFR can be significantly improved by addressing identified shortcomings.
    • Revised MFPI-PC offers superior accuracy for quantitative phase imaging.
    • Revised POTFR provides a faster alternative for quantitative phase imaging applications.