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. 2020 Feb 5;11:710. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14514-7

Fig. 5. Coherent imaging of objects fully embedded within a scattering medium.

Fig. 5

a Schematic of the sample configuration. The bottom left inset shows the speckle pattern measured right at the object plane after removing the right hand side of the scattering medium (inset scale bar: 1 μm), and the bottom right inset shows a photograph of the scattering medium. The optical thickness of the scattering slab was 21.0. b, c Reconstructed images of 2-μm gold-coated microspheres embedded within the scattering medium without and with space gating, respectively. With the noise suppression factor η = 240 by the space gating, the gold-coated microspheres were clearly resolved. Images were normalized to their maximum intensities. Scale bar: 2 μm. d, e Reconstructed phase images of human red blood cells embedded within the same scattering medium used in b and c without and with space gating, respectively. With space gating, the size and the morphology of the red blood cells can be obtained from the phase map. Scale bar: 5 μm.