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Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has been extensively used for imaging complex materials down to atomic resolution. The most commonly employed STEM modality, annular dark-field imaging, produces easily-interpretable…

This work presents a high-resolution X-ray microtomography system that uses commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) CMOS image sensors as direct detectors, relying on the sensor s intrinsic resolution to achieve tomographic reconstructions without…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-29 Damian L. Corzi , Jose Lipovetzky , Fabricio Alcalde Bessia , German Mato , Andres Cicuttin , Maria L. Crespo , Martin Perez , Mariano Gomez Berisso

X-ray Bragg coherent diffraction imaging has been demonstrated as a powerful three-dimensional (3D) microscopy approach for the investigation of sub-micrometer-scale crystalline particles. It is based on the measurement of a series of…

In this work, we present and investigate the novel blind inverse problem of position-blind ptychography, i.e., ptychographic phase retrieval without any knowledge of scan positions, which then must be recovered jointly with the image. The…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-18 Simon Welker , Lorenz Kuger , Tim Roith , Berthy Feng , Martin Burger , Timo Gerkmann , Henry Chapman

Photoacoustic (PA) computed tomography (PACT) shows great potentials in various preclinical and clinical applications. A great number of measurements are the premise that obtains a high-quality image, which implies a low imaging rate or a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Hengrong Lan , Juze Zhang , Changchun Yang , Fei Gao

Data scarcity hinders deep learning for medical imaging. We propose a framework for breast cancer classification in thermograms that addresses this using a Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DPM) for data augmentation. Our DPM-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Sepehr Salem , M. Moein Esfahani , Jingyu Liu , Vince Calhoun

In medical image segmentation, limited external validity remains a critical obstacle when models are deployed across unseen datasets, an issue particularly pronounced in the ultrasound image domain. Existing solutions-such as domain…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-30 Christian Schmidt , Heinrich Martin Overhoff

X-ray microtomography is a versatile tool allowing the measurement of the 3D structure of optically thick samples. As a non-destructive technique, it is readily adapted to 4D imaging, where a sample can be monitored over time, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-17 Harry Allan , Tom Partridge , Joseph Jacob , Marco Endrizzi

Phase-wrapping artifacts, statistical image noise and the need for a minimum amount of phase steps per projection limit the practicability of x-ray grating based phase-contrast tomography, when using filtered back projection reconstruction.…

In computational phase imaging with a microscope equipped with an array of light emitting diodes as illumination unit, conventional Fourier ptychographic microscopy achieves high resolution and wide-field reconstructions but is constrained…

We reported the usage of grating-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging in nondestructive testing of grating imperfections. It was found that electroplating flaws could be easily detected by conventional absorption signal, and in particular, we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-27 Shenghao Wang , Can Zhang

The Fourier inversion of phased coherent diffraction patterns offers images without the resolution and depth-of-focus limitations of lens-based tomographic systems. We report on our recent experimental images inverted using recent…

Phase-contrast imaging is an emerging technology that may increase the signal-difference-to-noise ratio in medical imaging. One of the most promising phase-contrast techniques is Talbot interferometry, which, combined with energy-sensitive…

Machine learning is attracting surging interest across nearly all scientific areas by enabling the analysis of large datasets and the extraction of scientific information from incomplete data. Data-driven science is rapidly growing,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-03-17 Sung Yun Lee , Do Hyung Cho , Chulho Jung , Daeho Sung , Daewoong Nam , Sangsoo Kim , Changyong Song

In this research, we reveal the inborn but hitherto ignored properties of quantitative differential phase contrast (qDPC) imaging: the phase transfer function being an edge detection filter. Inspired by this, we highlighted the duality of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-30 Shuhe Zhang , Hao Wu , Tao Peng , Zeyu Ke , Meng Shao , Tos T. J. M. Berendschot , Jinhua Zhou

Phase aberration is an inherent side effect of ultrasound imaging due to the speed of sound inhomogeneity nature of human tissues, resulting in focusing error and reduced image contrast. This work introduces a phase aberration correction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-29 Wei-Hsiang Shen , Yu-An Lin , Pai-Chi Li , Meng-Lin Li

We have developed a 3 dimensional Coherent Diffraction Imaging (CDI) algorithm to retrieve phases of diffraction patterns of samples in Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering (GISAXS) experiments. The algorithm interprets the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-26 Yi Yang , Sunil K. Sinha

Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI is essential for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, its reliance on contrast agents introduces safety concerns, contraindications, increased cost, and workflow complexity. To this end, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Sebastian Ibarra , Javier del Riego , Alessandro Catanese , Julian Cuba , Julian Cardona , Nataly Leon , Jonathan Infante , Karim Lekadir , Oliver Diaz , Richard Osuala

Based on phase retrieval, lensless coherent imaging and in particular holography offers quantitative phase and amplitude images. This is of particular importance for spectral ranges where suitable lenses are challenging, such as for hard…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-01 Simon Huhn , Leon Merten Lohse , Jens Lucht , Tim Salditt

Multispectral transmission imaging provides strong benefits for early breast cancer screening. The frame accumulation method addresses the challenge of low grayscale and signal-to-noise ratio resulting from the strong absorption and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-04 Jiatong Li , Gang Li , Nan Su Su Win , Ling Lin