Computational Imaging with Nonlinear Inverse Problems

Computational imaging involves the joint design of optical systems and post-processing algorithms such that computation replaces optical elements, enabling simple experimental setups. This talk will describe new optical microscopes that employ simple experimental architectures and efficient nonlinear inverse algorithms to achieve high-resolution 3D and phase images. By leveraging recent advances in computational illumination, we achieve brightfield, darkfield, and phase contrast images simultaneously, with extension to 3D and gigapixel phase imaging. We discuss unique challenges for large-scale real-time imaging of biological samples in vitro and in vivo.

Speaker: Laura Waller, UC Berkeley