We review several quantitative phase imaging methods that retrieve phase from a through-focus series of intensity images (specifically, iterative methods and Transport of Intensity) and compare their performance when using partially coherent illumination, such as in the case in a brightfield microscope or X-ray imaging system.

Date Published: 22 February 2013
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 8589, Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XX, 85890K (22 February 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2020806

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8589:
Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing XX
Carol J. Cogswell; Thomas G. Brown; Jose-Angel Conchello; Tony Wilson, Editor(s)