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Title: pyDHM: A Python library for applications in digital holographic microscopy
pyDHM is an open-source Python library aimed at Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM) applications. The pyDHM is a user-friendly library written in the robust programming language of Python that provides a set of numerical processing algorithms for reconstructing amplitude and phase images for a broad range of optical DHM configurations. The pyDHM implements phase-shifting approaches for in-line and slightly off-axis systems and enables phase compensation for telecentric and non-telecentric systems. In addition, pyDHM includes three propagation algorithms for numerical focusing complex amplitude distributions in DHM and digital holography (DH) setups. We have validated the library using numerical and experimental holograms.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2042563
PAR ID:
10394113
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Editor(s):
Carretero, Luis
Date Published:
Journal Name:
PLOS ONE
Volume:
17
Issue:
10
ISSN:
1932-6203
Page Range / eLocation ID:
e0275818
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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