Quantitative Phase Imaging of Cells and Tissues

The latest advances in phase imaging techniques used for electron microscopy and their applications for studying cells and tissuesQuantitative Phase Imaging of Cells and Tissuesthoroughly explores the many quantitative phase imaging techniques (non-destructive bio sampling), discussing merits and demerits of each technique. The book is a professional reference written for optical scientists specializing in microscopic and molecular imaging, biological optics researchers, and molecular biologists.Quantitative Phase Imaging of Cells and Tissues Features 50 unique and rare biomolecular images taken by advanced QPI microscopy Offers exhaustive coverage of Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) microscopes Includes traditional optical microscopy technology to facilitate technological comparisons between optical and electron microscopes Discusses biomedical applications of QPIComprehensive coverage: Traditional Microscopy; Principles of Quantitative Phase Imaging; Scanning QPI Techniques; Full-field OQI techniques; Applications of static QPI; Applications of Dynamic QPI; Fourier Transform Light Scattering (FTLS); Applications of Fourier Transform Light Scattering

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Groundwork
Chapter 3. Spatiotemporal Field Correlations
Chapter 4. Image Characteristics
Chapter 5. Light Microscopy
Chapter 6. Holography
Chapter 7. Point-Scanning QPI Methods
Chapter 8. Principles of Full-Field QPI
Chapter 9. Off-Axis Methods
Chapter 10. Phase-Shifting Methods
Chapter 11. Common-Path Methods
Chapter 12. White Light Methods
Chapter 13. Fourier Transform Light Scattering
Chapter 14. Current Trends in Methods
Chapter 15. Current Trends in Applications
Appendix A. Complex Analytic Signals
Appendix B. The Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Fourier Transform
Appendix C. QPI Artwork
Index