Skip to main content
. 2023 Jan 3;14(2):489–532. doi: 10.1364/BOE.480685

Table 2. Reconstruction approaches and algorithms.

Phase retrieval algorithms
  • Ptychographic reconstructions: Wigner distribution deconvolution [25,159165], non-linear optimization [9], ptychographic iterative engine [4,11,18,166,167], maximum-likelihood optimization [18,42,168], difference map [18,169], relaxed averaged alternating reflections [170], Douglas-Rachford algorithm [117,171], alternating direction methods of multipliers [172176], stochastic proximal gradient descent [174,177,178], Gauss-Newton method with amplitude-based cost function [41], adaptive step size for gradient descent [179], Wirtinger gradient [99,180185], convex relaxation [186], regularization via sparsity [146,187,188], noise modeling and denoising [181,185,189191], low-rank recovery [192].

System corrections and other extensions
  • Correction for conventional ptychographic systems: Joint object-probe retrieval [911,31,193], state mixture decomposition [18,194196], positional error correction [197200], partial coherence correction [18,19,201,202], fly scan ptychography [203207], optimization of probe overlapping area [208], angle calibration for the reflection configuration [209].

  • Correction for Fourier ptychographic systems: LED intensity correction [210,211], joint sample-pupil recovery [12,13,81,150,152] LED alignment calibration and incident angle correction [37,41,117,211218], correcting under- and over-exposed pixels [219], sample motion correction [220,221], stray light detection [222], vignetting effect [223], an open-source MATLAB application for correcting different system parameters [44], Miscalibration-tolerant multi-look FPM [224226], pose correction for camera-scanning Fourier ptychography [227].

  • Other extensions: Multiplexing algorithm [20,117,228], Multi-slice modeling [1417,229232], 3D diffraction tomography [4952,65,71,93,233236], super-resolution ptychography [23,96], autofocusing [60,237], parallel computation [238240], GPU-based solver [239,241], correlation analysis for imaging through diffusing media [242244], refraction index reconstruction to avoid phase wrapping [245], sub-pixel modeling [30,246], temporal correlation constraint for time-lapse experiment [64], high-dynamic range acquisition using a color camera [247], vectorial extensions for polarization-sensitive imaging [102,248251].

Neural network and related approaches
  • Automatic differentiation (neural networks for modeling the forward imaging process): Recovering object and other system parameters for FPM [252257] and for conventional ptychography [258261].

  • Optimizing the illumination strategy and other system parameters: Incorporating physical model for designing the coded illumination pattern [79,119,262266], parameter refinement [267,268].

  • Deep learning-based reconstruction: Image recovery from raw measurements via data-driven deep neural networks [114,148,225,269275], physics-guided network [270,276].

  • Post-reconstruction processing and analysis: Virtual staining and image translation [30,277281], post-reconstruction cytometric analysis [60,264,265,282].