Smart Computational Imaging (SCI) Lab
智能计算成像实验室

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Welcome to the homepage of the Smart Computational Imaging (SCI) Laboratory‍ ! Our group is part of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology‍ and the Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging and Intelligent Sense‍, ‍‍Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. We are dedicated to the development of next-generation computational imaging and sensing technologies with a special emphasis on microscopy, metrology, bio-medicine, human-computer interaction, and remote sensing. In particular, we investigate how optical manipulation and signal processing can be incorporated into optical imaging systems for making the invisible visible and providing unprecedented perceptions that far exceed human ability. To learn more about our specific research areas, please click on the Research‍ tab. You can also follow us on Google Scholar‍ and Researchgate‍.

Keywords: Computational imaging, Phase retrieval, Quantitative phase imaging, Digital holographic microscopy, Biomedical Imaging, 3D imaging and sensing, Optical metrology, Applied optics, Remote sensing, Computer graphics and vision.

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Research Highlight

We present Inverse Synthetic Aperture Macroscopic Fourier ptychography (ISAMFP), which, to the best of our knowledge, is the first practical realization of inverse synthetic aperture imaging for diffusely reflecting targets within the Fourier ptychography framework.

We present PDL-TIQPI, a physics-informed deep learning framework that unites physical models with deep learning to overcome the trade-off between accuracy and efficiency in partially coherent phase re

We propose an aberration-corrected quantitative phase imaging method based on annular differential phase contrast illumination, which achieves high-fidelity quantitative phase imaging and offers a nov

$We propose an advanced cellular imaging technique that integrates fluorescence imaging with intensity diffraction tomography, resolving the long-standing trade-off between long-term imaging and high s$

We propose an advanced cellular imaging technique that integrates fluorescence imaging with intensity diffraction tomography, resolving the long-standing trade-off between long-term imaging and high s

We propose an advanced single-photon imaging technique that combines photon sequence estimation with adaptive Gaussian filtering to mitigate photon pile-up effects and achieve accurate 3D imaging with

We propose a lensless imaging method with programmable Fresnel zone aperture (FZA), termed LIP, that is capable of achieving a 2.5x resolution enhancement and a 3 dB improvement in signal-to-noise rat

A learning-based ultrafast 3D imaging technique, termed single-shot super-resolved FPP (SSSR-FPP), that is capable of reconstructing 3D images of non-repetitive dynamic events at 100,000 fps.

This technique is proposed for high-throughputmicroscopy with super-resolution, aberration correction and broader field-of-view, advancing dynamicphase retrieval in biomedical applications.

BP-TIDT circumvents the need for matched illumination under high NA conditions, enabling high-resolution label-free 3D imaging of live cells at an unprecedented speed of 15 volumes per second.

Deep-learning-enabled multiplexed fringe projection profilometry (DLMFPP) allows to achieve high-speed 3D imaging at near-one-order of magnitude-higher 3D frame rate with low-speed cameras.

This technique enables high-throughput 3D images of all biological cells across the entire field of view with near-uniform resolution.

The cover image showcases the process of capturing high-resolution images of high-speed targets using a camera array. During this process, R/G/B wavelength lasers are used to illuminate the racing car

Structured illumination microscopy based on dichotomy-correlation parameter estimation (dCOR-SIM) can achieve high-accuracy parameter estimation with an efficiency ~10 times better than conventional s

The article introduces a novel deep learning-based technique for quantitative phase microscopy with pixel super-resolution capability, which holds promise for various fields such as drug discovery, c

The paper interprets existing synthetic aperture technologies within the broad framework of computational imaging, outlining the research trajectory of far-field optical synthetic aperture based on co

Fourier ptychography (FP) technique is a promising super-resolution tool in non-interferometric synthetic aperture research, but it suffers from field-of-view (FOV) attenuation and the speckle noise i

We reported a physics-informed deep learning method for fringe pattern analysis (PI-FPA), which integrates a lightweight DNN with a learning-enhanced Fourier transform profilometry (LeFTP) module,

A computational three-dimensional (3D) microscopy technique, termed programmable aperture light-field microscopy (PALFM), for motion-free, high-resolution volumetric imaging of fluorescent or self-lum

The simultaneously integrated transmissive angle-scanning and reflective wavelength-scanning illumination schemes in one system to expand the accessible spectrum support and solve the missing cone pro

We proposed a method utilizing dynamic cross-relaxation energy transfer in upconversion nanoparticles, which accurately predicts the ideal excitation power to optimize depletion efficiency and overcom

We propose a high-accuracy artifacts-free single-frame digital holographic phase demodulation scheme for relatively low-carrier frequency holograms---deep learning assisted variational Hilbert quantit

The speckle structured-light-based 3D imaging technology using VCSEL projection array realizes long-distance and high-precision 3D measurement with a large field of view, which can be applied to indus

Efficient Synthetic Aperture for Phaseless Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy (ESA-FPM) breakthroughs the spatial and temporal bandwidth product of light microscopy, providing an efficient high-throughp

An accurate quantitative phase imaging (QPI) technique based on pseudo-weak object approximation is proposed to achieve 3D quantitative measurements of both small-phase objects and large-phase objects

The combination of iteration-free reconstruction, robustness to noise, and limited computational complexity makes PCA-SIM a promising method for real-time, long-term,
artifact-free super-resolution

$Adaptive optical quantitative phase imaging realizes the phase retrieval and aberration correction simultaneously in the high-speed live-cell imaging, promising the diffraction-limited imaging perfor$

Adaptive optical quantitative phase imaging realizes the phase retrieval and aberration correction simultaneously in the high-speed live-cell imaging, promising the diffraction-limited imaging perfor

Deep learning is currently prompting increasing research interests and leading to a paradigm shift from physics-based modeling to data-driven learning in the field of optical metrology

$Transport of intensity promotes a new diffraction tomography technique in three-dimensional refractive index imaging, and the volumetric refractive index can be obtained by transport of intensity diff$

Transport of intensity promotes a new diffraction tomography technique in three-dimensional refractive index imaging, and the volumetric refractive index can be obtained by transport of intensity diff

Properly trained neural network can "de-multiplex" high-resolution, spectrum-crosstalk-free phases from the composite fringe and directly reconstruct a high-accuracy absolute phase map for single-shot

We present an overview of fringe projection techniques, as well as a new and definitive classification for them, and discuss the advantages and constraints of the techniques.

We reported a realtime microscopic 3D measurememnt technique that realizes real-time 3D measurement
at 120 frames per second (FPS) with the accuracy of 8 μm.

DPC with optimal illumination scheme reconstructs quantitative phase distribution of Hela cells in vitro with isotropic resolution.

REFPM endows a 10×, 0.4 NA objective lens with final effective imaging performance of 1.6 NA, which means that it achieves the imaging resolution of 60x objective under the wide FOV of 10x objective.

We report a high-speed FPM technique based on programmable annular illuminations, which achieves the high-speed imaging results of in vitro Hela cells mitosis at a frame rate of 25Hz.

360° 3D reconstruction using a pair of planar mirrors

The first attempt of translating "computational microscopy" from concept to stand-alone optical instruments, and the work is published in Photonix

We propose an adaptive pixel-super-resolved lensfree imaging (APLI) method which can solve the compromise between lateral resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).

TIE with annular illumination achieves observation of cell division within 60 hours.

3-D RI of dynamic unstained, live C. elegans worms at a 10.6-Hz volume rate within a volume of 333μm×98μm×21μm.

Real-time acquisition of 360° 3D model of the object with overall accuracy up to 100 μm level without any instrument assistance for the first time.

Slow-motion 3D movie (10,000Hz) of the transient event reconstructed by uFTP: a bullet fired from a toy gun and rebounded from a plaster wall.

Full-FOV 3D reconstruction of unstained blood smear from FPDT, containing  ∼ 17.2 billion voxels of quantitative 3D RI data with  ∼ 20,000 blood cells over a 1.77mm2 FOV.

Digital holographic smart computational light microscope (DH-SCLM) achieves dynamic, high-contrast observation and high-precision quantitative detection of label-free Hela cells

Miniaturized multi-contrast smart computational light microscope (MMC-SCLM) is a miniaturized, smart, multimodal and quantitative microscope, it is portable and compatible with cell culture devices

High-throughput lensless smart computational light microscope (HTL-SCLM) has the simplest system architecture and achieves super-pixel resolution results of 870nm with a wide field of view of 30mm²

Special issue on “Computational imaging Technology and Applications”

Special issue on “Optical 3D Imaging and Sensing”

Cover papers of Advanced Photonics, highlight by the SPIE Newsroom

Cover paper of Advanced Photonics, and Chinese Laser Press Publishing

Inside cover paper, invited review of Laser & Optoelectronics Progress

High-resolution, non-invasive, and high-throughout phase imaging for in vitro long-term cell observations across a large field-of-view of 29.85m㎡

Multi-contrast quantitative phase smart computational light microscope (MQP-SCLM) combines seven imaging modalities in a fixed configuration to meet diverse biomedical imaging needs

The Bayesian convolutional neural network not only retrieves the phase from a single fringe pattern but also predicts uncertainties that depict the pixel-wise confidence measure of its estimation.

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Chao Zuo | 左超

Ph.D, Professor

Tel: +86-25-84315587

Email: zuochao@njust.edu.cn

Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST)

No. 200 Xiao Ling Wei, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, P. R. China

Smart Computational Imaging (SCI) Lab智能计算成像实验室

Smart Computational Imaging (SCI) Lab
智能计算成像实验室