title: Quantitative phase-amplitude microscopy. III. The effects of noise.
abstract: We explore the effect of noise on images obtained using quantitative phase-amplitude microscopy - a new microscopy technique based on the determination of phase from the intensity evolution of propagating radiation. We compare the predictions with experimental results and also propose an approach that allows good-quality quantitative phase retrieval to be obtained even for very noisy data.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. David.Paganin@spme.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paganin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barty
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Nugent
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical