Quantitative DIC microscopy using a geometric phase shifter

Carol J. Cogswell; Nicholas I. Smith; Kieran G. Larkin; Parameswaran Hariharan

doi:10.1117/12.271252

10 April 1997 Quantitative DIC microscopy using a geometric phase shifter

Carol J. Cogswell, Nicholas I. Smith, Kieran G. Larkin, Parameswaran Hariharan

Proceedings Volume 2984, Three-Dimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271252
Event: BiOS '97, Part of Photonics West, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the use of a geometric phase- shifting (GPS) technique which allows us to convert conventional transmission or reflection differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy into a quantitative mode. A phase-shifting algorithm is employed to extract the specimen phase gradient from the mixture of phase and amplitude information which is common in DIC. Fourier techniques are then used to recover the exact phase (i.e. optical path length variations) throughout the biological specimen viewed. In addition to this quantitative 'phase map,' we demonstrate that the GPS process simultaneously yields an 'amplitude-only' representation in which various absorption and transmission properties of the specimen are displayed as intensity variations in the image, similar to brightfield microscopy. These two resulting images can then be analyzed or further processed in a number of ways that are not possible with conventional DIC and which improve the microscopist's ability to correctly identify, interpret and measure features in the specimen.

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Carol J. Cogswell, Nicholas I. Smith, Kieran G. Larkin, and Parameswaran Hariharan "Quantitative DIC microscopy using a geometric phase shifter", Proc. SPIE 2984, Three-Dimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IV, (10 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271252

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