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    • Microscopy
    • Quantitative Phase Imaging

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    • Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a label-free technique with broad biological and clinical applications.
    • Existing QPI methods often face trade-offs between spatial resolution and field of view, limited by the space-bandwidth product.
    • Computational phase retrieval algorithms used to overcome these limitations are time-consuming and prone to convergence issues.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce Synthetic Aperture Interference Light (SAIL) microscopy as a novel solution for high-resolution, wide field-of-view QPI.
    • To address the limitations of existing QPI systems, including computational time and convergence problems.
    • To demonstrate the capability of SAIL microscopy for label-free imaging of various biological specimens.

    Main Methods:

    • SAIL microscopy utilizes low-coherence interferometry to directly measure optical phase delay across different illumination angles.
    • This approach enables the acquisition of large space-bandwidth product data without iterative phase reconstruction.
    • The system achieves a synthetic numeric aperture of 0.45 and a field of view of 2.6 x 2.6 mm².

    Main Results:

    • SAIL microscopy successfully performed high-resolution, wide field-of-view label-free imaging.
    • The technique was validated on standard samples and demonstrated in biomedical applications, including pathology slides, insects, and live cell cultures.
    • Reconstructed images exhibited a synthetic numeric aperture of 0.45 and a field of view of 2.6 x 2.6 mm².

    Conclusions:

    • SAIL microscopy provides a direct phase measurement, eliminating the need for lengthy computational phase retrieval.
    • The method is robust, always converges, and overcomes the limitations of space-bandwidth product in conventional QPI.
    • SAIL microscopy presents a powerful tool for label-free imaging in diverse biological and medical research areas.