Algorithms for extracting true phase from rotationally-diverse and phase-shifted DIC images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6090, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Preza, Chrysanthe ^a   King, Sharon V ^b   Cogswell, Carol J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

DIC (Nomarski) microscopy; Phase estimation; Phase shifting

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHASE SHIFT; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

DIC (NOMARSKI) MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST (DIC) MICROSCOPY; PHASE ESTIMATION; PHASE SHIFTING;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33646181778     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.661550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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