Hybrid iterating-averaging low photon budget Gabor holographic microscopy

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Hauptverfasser: Rogalski, Mikołaj, Arcab, Piotr, Wdowiak, Emilia, Picazo-Bueno, José Ángel, Micó, Vicente, Józwik, Michał, Trusiak, Maciej
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author Rogalski, Mikołaj
Arcab, Piotr
Wdowiak, Emilia
Picazo-Bueno, José Ángel
Micó, Vicente
Józwik, Michał
Trusiak, Maciej
author_facet Rogalski, Mikołaj
Arcab, Piotr
Wdowiak, Emilia
Picazo-Bueno, José Ángel
Micó, Vicente
Józwik, Michał
Trusiak, Maciej
contents One of the primary challenges in live cell culture observation is achieving high-contrast imaging with minimal impact on sample behavior. Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) techniques address this by providing label-free, high-contrast images of transparent samples. Measurement system influence may be further reduced by imaging samples under low illumination intensity (low photon budget - LPB), thereby minimizing photostimulation, phototoxicity, and photodamage, and enabling high-speed imaging. LPB imaging is challenging in QPI due to significant camera shot noise and quantification noise. Digital in-line holographic microscopy (DIHM), working with or without lenses, is a QPI technique known for its robustness to quantification noise. However, reducing simultaneously the camera shot noise and the inherent in-line holographic twin image disturbances remain a critical, yet unaddressed, challenge. This study introduces an innovative iterative Gabor averaging (IGA) algorithm designed specifically for filling this important scientific gap in multi-frame DIHM under LPB conditions. We evaluated the performance of the IGA on simulated data showing that it outperformed traditional algorithms in terms of reconstruction accuracy under high noise conditions. Those results were corroborated by experimental validation involving high-speed imaging of dynamic sperm cells and a phase test target under significantly reduced illumination power. Additionally, the IGA algorithm proved successful in reconstructing optically thin samples, which typically produce low signal-to-noise ratio holograms even under high photon budget conditions. These advancements facilitate photostimulation-free and high-speed imaging of dynamic biological samples and enhance the capability to image samples with extremely low optical thickness, potentially transforming various applications in biomedical and environmental imaging.
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spellingShingle Hybrid iterating-averaging low photon budget Gabor holographic microscopy
Rogalski, Mikołaj
Arcab, Piotr
Wdowiak, Emilia
Picazo-Bueno, José Ángel
Micó, Vicente
Józwik, Michał
Trusiak, Maciej
Optics
Image and Video Processing
One of the primary challenges in live cell culture observation is achieving high-contrast imaging with minimal impact on sample behavior. Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) techniques address this by providing label-free, high-contrast images of transparent samples. Measurement system influence may be further reduced by imaging samples under low illumination intensity (low photon budget - LPB), thereby minimizing photostimulation, phototoxicity, and photodamage, and enabling high-speed imaging. LPB imaging is challenging in QPI due to significant camera shot noise and quantification noise. Digital in-line holographic microscopy (DIHM), working with or without lenses, is a QPI technique known for its robustness to quantification noise. However, reducing simultaneously the camera shot noise and the inherent in-line holographic twin image disturbances remain a critical, yet unaddressed, challenge. This study introduces an innovative iterative Gabor averaging (IGA) algorithm designed specifically for filling this important scientific gap in multi-frame DIHM under LPB conditions. We evaluated the performance of the IGA on simulated data showing that it outperformed traditional algorithms in terms of reconstruction accuracy under high noise conditions. Those results were corroborated by experimental validation involving high-speed imaging of dynamic sperm cells and a phase test target under significantly reduced illumination power. Additionally, the IGA algorithm proved successful in reconstructing optically thin samples, which typically produce low signal-to-noise ratio holograms even under high photon budget conditions. These advancements facilitate photostimulation-free and high-speed imaging of dynamic biological samples and enhance the capability to image samples with extremely low optical thickness, potentially transforming various applications in biomedical and environmental imaging.
title Hybrid iterating-averaging low photon budget Gabor holographic microscopy
topic Optics
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14746