Written by leading optical phase microscopy experts, this book is a comprehensive reference to phase microscopy and nanoscopy techniques for biomedical applications, including differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, digital holographic microscopy, optical coherence tomography, tomographic phase microscopy, spectral-domain phase detection, and nanoparticle usage for phase nanoscopy

The Editors show biomedical and optical engineers how to use phase microscopy for visualizing unstained specimens, and support the theoretical coverage with applied content and examples on designing systems and interpreting results in bio- and nanoscience applications.

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and techniques of optical phase microscopy and nanoscopy with biomedical applications.
• Tips/advice on building systems and working with advanced imaging biomedical techniques, including  interpretation of phase images, and techniques for quantitative analysis based on phase microscopy.
• Interdisciplinary approach that combines optical engineering, nanotechnology, biology and medical aspects of this topic. Each chapter includes practical implementations and worked examples.

Preface Natan T. Shaked, Zeev Zalevskey and Lisa L. Satterwhite
- Phase contrast microscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy Chapter 1
Principles of phase contrast microscopy
Sam A. Johnson
Editor: Lisa L. Satterwhite
Chapter 2
Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy
Michael Shribak Editor: Lisa L. Satterwhite
Chapter 3
Long term phase contrast imaging of untransformed human cells
Yumi Uetake and Greenfield Sluder
Editor: Lisa L. Satterwhite
Chapter 4
Phase imaging of plant cells and tissues
Vassilios Sarfis Editor: Zeev Zalevsky
- Digital holographic phase microscopy Chapter 5
Measuring biophysical parameters of living cells with digital holographic microscopy
Benjamin Rappaz, Christian Depeursinge and Pierre Marquet
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 6
New digital holographic microscopy setups and techniques for obtaining multi-focus quantitative phase imaging of living cells
Björn Kemper, Patrik Langehanenberg and Andreas Bauwens
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 7
Phase unwrapping problems in digital holographic microscopy of biological cells Alexander Khmaladze
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 8
Partially-coherent lensless holographic microscopy on a chip and its application for automated semen analysis
Ting-Wei Su and Aydogan Ozcan
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 9
Synthetic aperture lensless digital holographic microscopy for superresolved biological imaging
Vicente Micó, Zeev Zalevsky, Luis Granero and Javier García
Editor: Zeev Zalevsky
Chapter 10
Combining digital holographic microscopy with microfluidics: a new tool in biotechnology.
Lisa Miccio, Pasquale Memmolo, Fraancesco Merola, Melania Paturzo and Pietro Ferraro
Editor: Zeev Zalevsky
Chapter 11
Holographic motility contrast imaging of live tissues
David D. Nolte, Ran An, Kwan Jeong and John Turek
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
- Advanced interferometric and polarization techniques Chapter 12
Tomographic phase microscopy
Wonshik Choi
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 13
Phase-sensitive optical coherence tomography
Itay Shock and Natan T. Shaked
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 14
Polarization and spectral interferometric techniques for quantitative phase microscopy
Yizheng Zhu, Matthew T. Rinehart, Francisco E. Robles and Adam Wax
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 15
Polarization microscopy Rudolf Oldenbourg Editor: Lisa L. Satterwhite
- Phase nanoscopy Chapter 16
Is there a fundamental limit to optical resolution in phase microscopy? Steve Lipson
Editor: Zeev Zalevsky
Chapter 17
Nano-holographic interferometry for in-vivo observations Federico Sciammarella, Cesar A. Sciammarella and Luciano Lamberti
Editor: Natan T. Shaked
Chapter 18
Fluorescence phase microscopy Alberto Bilenca, Brett Bouma, Guillermo Tearney, Iwan Märki, Noelia Bocchio,
Stefan Geissbuehler and Theo Lasser
Editor: Natan T. Shaked