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Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Zheng Yang , Alexander Kessel , Gerd Häusler

We propose approaches based on deep learning to localize objects in images when only a small training dataset is available and the images have low quality. That applies to many problems in medical image processing, and in particular to the…

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As a computer vision task, automatic object segmentation remains challenging in specialized image domains without massive labeled data, such as synthetic aperture sonar images, remote sensing, biomedical imaging, etc. In any domain,…

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We propose a chiral imaging modality based on optical chirality engineering, fluorescence-detected circular dichroism and structured illumination microscopy. In this method, the optical chirality of the illumination is structured and the…

The resolution of optical imaging devices is ultimately limited by the diffraction of light. To circumvent this limit, modern super-resolution microscopy techniques employ active interaction with the object by exploiting its optical…

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The blind structured illumination microscopy (SIM) strategy proposed in (Mudry et al., 1992) is fully re-founded in this paper, unveiling the central role of the sparsity of the illumination patterns in the mechanism that drives…

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Semantic segmentation involves assigning a specific category to each pixel in an image. While Vision Transformer-based models have made significant progress, current semantic segmentation methods often struggle with precise predictions in…

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Deep learning has become an extremely effective tool for image classification and image restoration problems. Here, we apply deep learning to microscopy, and demonstrate how neural networks can exploit the chromatic dependence of the…

Optics · Physics 2018-07-05 Eran Hershko* , Lucien E. Weiss* , Tomer Michaeli , Yoav Shechtman

Image colorization is inherently an ill-posed problem with multi-modal uncertainty. Previous methods leverage the deep neural network to map input grayscale images to plausible color outputs directly. Although these learning-based methods…

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Challenging to capture, and challenging to display on a cellphone screen, the panorama paradoxically remains both a staple and underused feature of modern mobile camera applications. In this work we address both of these challenges with a…

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Diffractive optical networks unify wave optics and deep learning to all-optically compute a given machine learning or computational imaging task as the light propagates from the input to the output plane. Here, we report the design of…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-23 Deniz Mengu , Muhammed Veli , Yair Rivenson , Aydogan Ozcan

We present a new interferometric imaging approach that allows for multiple-depth imaging in a single acquisition, using off-axis low-coherence holographic multiplexing. This technique enables sectioned imaging of multiple slices within a…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-29 Lauren Wolbromsky , Nir A. Turko , Natan T. Shaked

We present a simple and compact approach of structured illumination microscopy by using three $2\times2$ fiber couplers and one $1\times4$ MEMS optics switch. One uniform and three fringe illumination patterns were produced by placing seven…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-18 Shiming Hu , Wenwen Liu , Junyao Jie , Yizheng Huang , Qingquan Wei , Manqing Tan , Yude Yu

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