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Standardizing the resolution claims for coherent microscopy

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The definition and reporting of spatial resolution for coherent imaging methods varies widely in the imaging community. We advocate the use of a standard spoke-pattern imaging target and the mandatory inclusion of information about underlying a priori assumptions.

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Figure 1: The 'Siemens star' target for characterizing resolution in a coherent microscope.
Figure 2: Simulated example of a resolution report with the Siemens star for a coherent microscope.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, California, USA

    Roarke Horstmeyer & Changhuei Yang

  2. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, Jena, 07743, Germany

    Rainer Heintzmann

  3. Leipniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert Einstein Straße 9, Jena, 07745, Germany

    Rainer Heintzmann

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 61801, Illinois, USA

    Gabriel Popescu

  5. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

    Laura Waller

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Horstmeyer, R., Heintzmann, R., Popescu, G. et al. Standardizing the resolution claims for coherent microscopy. Nature Photon 10, 68–71 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.279

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