Tomographic diffractive microscopy: Towards high-resolution 3-D real-time data acquisition, image reconstruction and display of unlabeled samples

Abstract Tomographic diffractive microscopy allows for imaging unlabeled specimens, with a better resolution than conventional microscopes, giving access to the index of refraction distribution within the specimen, and possibly at high speed. Principles of image formation and reconstruction are presented, and progresses towards real-time, three-dimensional acquisition, image reconstruction and final display, are discussed.