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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Biomedical Imaging
    • Computational Imaging

    Background:

    • Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is crucial for analyzing transparent biological samples.
    • Scattering media, such as biological tissues, degrade image quality and hinder traditional QPI.
    • Existing methods often require complex interferometric setups or are limited in dynamic scattering environments.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a noninvasive method for quantitative phase imaging through dynamically scattering media.
    • To enable the retrieval of complex amplitude information of an object obscured by scattering.
    • To provide an alternative to traditional imaging techniques that struggle with scattering.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing coherent light to illuminate a complex amplitude object.
    • Capturing intensity images through a dynamically scattering medium and a variable coded aperture.
    • Computationally retrieving the object's complex amplitude using a stochastic gradient descent algorithm from multiple coded aperture patterns.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully demonstrated the noninvasive quantitative phase imaging method numerically.
    • Experimentally validated the proposed technique's efficacy in retrieving object information through scattering media.
    • Achieved complex amplitude reconstruction without interferometric measurements or specialized imaging optics.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed method offers a robust solution for QPI in challenging scattering environments.
    • This technique has potential applications in biological imaging and material science where noninvasive phase retrieval is needed.
    • The computational approach simplifies the experimental setup, making QPI more accessible.