• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 54, Issue 2, 20240490 (2025)
Xuan TIAN1,2, Shuquan FEI1,2, Runze LI1, Tong PENG1..., Junwei MIN1,2, Siying WANG1,2, Yuge XUE1,2, Chen BAI1,2 and Baoli YAO1,2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20240490 Cite this Article
    Xuan TIAN, Shuquan FEI, Runze LI, Tong PENG, Junwei MIN, Siying WANG, Yuge XUE, Chen BAI, Baoli YAO. Artificial-intelligent quantitative phase imaging: from physics to algorithm and back to physics (inner cover paper·invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(2): 20240490 Copy Citation Text show less
    Classification of quantitative phase imaging techniques
    Fig. 1. Classification of quantitative phase imaging techniques
    Description of dataset-driven network phase reconstruction[6]. (a) Dataset collection; (b) Network training; (c) Prediction via a well-trained network
    Fig. 2. Description of dataset-driven network phase reconstruction[6]. (a) Dataset collection; (b) Network training; (c) Prediction via a well-trained network
    Different network architectures and different training strategies for deep learning in phase reconstruction
    Fig. 3. Different network architectures and different training strategies for deep learning in phase reconstruction
    Structure of the generative adversarial network for reconstructing quantitative phase images in off-axis DH[58]
    Fig. 4. Structure of the generative adversarial network for reconstructing quantitative phase images in off-axis DH[58]
    Two strategies of physical cascading networks
    Fig. 5. Two strategies of physical cascading networks
    CTF-Deep phase reconstruction principle and experimental results[87]. (a) CTF-Deep phase reconstruction principle; (b) Phase step experimental imaging results, and compared with other methods
    Fig. 6. CTF-Deep phase reconstruction principle and experimental results[87]. (a) CTF-Deep phase reconstruction principle; (b) Phase step experimental imaging results, and compared with other methods
    Physics-enhanced deep neural network phase reconstruction method[6]. (a) Untrained network solution; (b) Trained network solution
    Fig. 7. Physics-enhanced deep neural network phase reconstruction method[6]. (a) Untrained network solution; (b) Trained network solution
    Schematic diagram of dual-wavelength digital holographic imaging based on untrained neural network[100]
    Fig. 8. Schematic diagram of dual-wavelength digital holographic imaging based on untrained neural network[100]
    The method of physics-informed neural network[113]. (a) Overview of the MaxwellNet network; (b) Tomographic reconstruction results of three-dimensional refractive index of polystyrene microspheres immersed in water using MaxwellNet and compared with Rytov prediction results
    Fig. 9. The method of physics-informed neural network[113]. (a) Overview of the MaxwellNet network; (b) Tomographic reconstruction results of three-dimensional refractive index of polystyrene microspheres immersed in water using MaxwellNet and compared with Rytov prediction results
    Application of quantitative phase imaging in biological microscopy. (a) Phase imaging results of the internal structure of red blood cells[58]; (b) Phase imaging results of various phytoplankton and zooplankton[116]; (c) Observation of the division process of HeLa cells[115]; (d) Effects of increased oxidative stress on sperm cells[117]
    Fig. 10. Application of quantitative phase imaging in biological microscopy. (a) Phase imaging results of the internal structure of red blood cells[58]; (b) Phase imaging results of various phytoplankton and zooplankton[116]; (c) Observation of the division process of HeLa cells[115]; (d) Effects of increased oxidative stress on sperm cells[117]
    Applications of AI-QPI in industrial measurements. (a) Measurements of the radius (ap) and refractive index (np) of a mixture of four monodisperse populations of polystyrene and silica spheres[120]; (b) Measurement of microlens arrays[51]; (c) Measurement of alcohol droplet evaporation by DL-SRQPI[115]
    Fig. 11. Applications of AI-QPI in industrial measurements. (a) Measurements of the radius (ap) and refractive index (np) of a mixture of four monodisperse populations of polystyrene and silica spheres[120]; (b) Measurement of microlens arrays[51]; (c) Measurement of alcohol droplet evaporation by DL-SRQPI[115]
    Multi-prior physics enhanced neural network and imaging results[102]. (a) The structure of multi-prior physics enhanced neural network; (b) Large FOV and high-resolution phase imaging results of the phase resolution plate
    Fig. 12. Multi-prior physics enhanced neural network and imaging results[102]. (a) The structure of multi-prior physics enhanced neural network; (b) Large FOV and high-resolution phase imaging results of the phase resolution plate
    Description of phase unwrapping method based on deep learning[133]. (a) Deep-learning-performed regression method. (b) Deep-learning-performed wrap count method; (c) Deep-learning-assisted denoising method
    Fig. 13. Description of phase unwrapping method based on deep learning[133]. (a) Deep-learning-performed regression method. (b) Deep-learning-performed wrap count method; (c) Deep-learning-assisted denoising method
    Phase aberration correction method based on deep learning. (a) Description of the segmentation-based aberration correction method[6]; (b) Comparison of the results of SSCNet and other phase aberration compensation methods[148]
    Fig. 14. Phase aberration correction method based on deep learning. (a) Description of the segmentation-based aberration correction method[6]; (b) Comparison of the results of SSCNet and other phase aberration compensation methods[148]
    Xuan TIAN, Shuquan FEI, Runze LI, Tong PENG, Junwei MIN, Siying WANG, Yuge XUE, Chen BAI, Baoli YAO. Artificial-intelligent quantitative phase imaging: from physics to algorithm and back to physics (inner cover paper·invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(2): 20240490
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