Imaging Through Scattering Media
Topics include: Computational imaging through scattering and random optics, descattering, and wavefront sensing and correction.
DeepFilters: Scattering-Aware Pupil Engineering with Learned Digital Filter Reconstruction for Extended Depth of Field Microscopy
DeepFilters: Scattering-Aware Pupil Engineering with Learned Digital Filter Reconstruction for Extended Depth of Field Microscopy
Joseph L. Greene, Suet Ying Chan, Qilin Deng, Jeffrey Alido, Alexandra Lion, Guorong Hu, Ruipeng Guo, Tongyu Li, Kivilcim Kiliç, Ian Davison, and Lei Tian
arXiv:2605.13619 (2026). Preprint.
An end-to-end hybrid deep-learning approach for single-shot wavefront sensing and correction
An end-to-end hybrid deep-learning approach for single-shot wavefront sensing and correction
Sina Moayed Baharlou, Muhammad Waleed Khalid, Guli Gulinihali, Jeongho Ha, Liyi Hsu, Samantha C. Lewis, Lei Tian, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Alexander V. Sergienko, and Abdoulaye Ndao
Nature Communications 17, 6340 (2026).

Reflection-mode Multi-slice Fourier Ptychographic Tomography
Reflection-mode Multi-slice Fourier Ptychographic Tomography
J Zhu, T Li, H Wang, Y Shen, G Hu, L Tian
IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2026
⭑ Github Project

Whitened Score Diffusion: A Structured Prior for Imaging Inverse Problems
Whitened Score Diffusion: A Structured Prior for Imaging Inverse Problems
J Alido, T Li, Y Sun, L Tian
NeurIPS 2025.
⭑ Github Project

In vivo fundus imaging and computational refocusing with a diffuser-based fundus camera
In vivo fundus imaging and computational refocusing with a diffuser-based fundus camera
Corey Simmerer, Marisa Morakis, Lei Tian, Lia Gomez-Perez, T. Y. Alvin Liu, and Nicholas J. Durr
Biophotonics Discovery 2(4), 042306 (2025).

Reflection-mode diffraction tomography of multiple-scattering samples on a reflective substrate from intensity images
Reflection-mode diffraction tomography of multiple-scattering samples on a reflective substrate from intensity images
Tongyu Li, Jiabei Zhu, Yi Shen, and Lei Tian
Optica Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 406-417 (2025).

Robust single-shot 3D fluorescence imaging in scattering media with a simulator-trained neural network
Robust single-shot 3D fluorescence imaging in scattering media with a simulator-trained neural network
J. Alido, J. Greene, Y. Xue, G. Hu, Y. Li, K. Monk, B. DeBenedicts, I. Davison, L. Tian
Optics Express Vol. 32, Issue 4, pp. 6241-6257 (2024).
⭑Github Project

Multiple-scattering simulator-trained neural network for intensity diffraction tomography
Multiple-scattering simulator-trained neural network for intensity diffraction tomography
A. Matlock, J. Zhu, L. Tian
Optics Express 31, 4094-4107 (2023)

High-fidelity intensity diffraction tomography with a non-paraxial multiple-scattering model
High-fidelity intensity diffraction tomography with a non-paraxial multiple-scattering model
Jiabei Zhu, Hao Wang, Lei Tian
Optics Express Vol. 30, Issue 18, pp. 32808-32821 (2022).

Adaptive 3D descattering with a dynamic synthesis network
Adaptive 3D descattering with a dynamic synthesis network
Waleed Tahir, Hao Wang, Lei Tian
Light: Science & Applications 11, 42, 2022.
⭑ On the Cover

Acousto-optic ptychography
Acousto-optic ptychography
M. Rosenfeld, G. Weinberg, D. Doktofsky, Y. Li, L. Tian, O. Katz
Optica 8, 936-943 (2021).

Large-scale holographic particle 3D imaging with the beam propagation model
Large-scale holographic particle 3D imaging with the beam propagation model
Hao Wang, Waleed Tahir, Jiabei Zhu, Lei Tian
Opt. Express 29, 17159-17172 (2021)

Displacement-agnostic coherent imaging through scatter with an interpretable deep neural network
Displacement-agnostic coherent imaging through scatter with an interpretable deep neural network
Y Li, S Cheng, Y Xue, L Tian
Optics Express Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 2244-2257 (2021).

Diffuser-based computational imaging funduscope
Diffuser-based computational imaging funduscope
Yunzhe Li, Gregory N. McKay, Nicholas J. Durr, Lei Tian
Optics Express 28, 19641-19654 (2020)

Comparing the fundamental imaging depth limit of two-photon, three-photon, and non-degenerate two-photon microscopy
Comparing the fundamental imaging depth limit of two-photon, three-photon, and non-degenerate two-photon microscopy
Xiaojun Cheng, Sanaz Sadegh, Sharvari Zilpelwar, Anna Devor, Lei Tian, and David A. Boas
Optics Letters 45, pp. 2934-2937 (2020).

Design of a high-resolution light field miniscope for volumetric imaging in scattering tissue
Design of a high-resolution light field miniscope for volumetric imaging in scattering tissue
Yanqin Chen, Bo Xiong, Yujia Xue, Xin Jin, Joseph Greene, and Lei Tian
Biomedical Optics Express. 11, pp. 1662-1678 (2020).
Inverse scattering for reflection intensity phase microscopy
Inverse scattering for reflection intensity phase microscopy
Alex Matlock, Anne Sentenac, Patrick C. Chaumet, Ji Yi, and Lei Tian
Biomedical Optics Express. 11, pp. 911-926 (2020)

Development of a beam propagation method to simulate the point spread function degradation in scattering media
Development of a beam propagation method to simulate the point spread function degradation in scattering media
Xiaojun Cheng, Yunzhe Li, Jerome Mertz, Sava Sakadžić, Anna Devor, David A. Boas, Lei Tian
Opt. Lett. 44, 4989-4992 (2019).

Holographic particle-localization under multiple scattering
Holographic particle-localization under multiple scattering
Waleed Tahir, Ulugbek S. Kamilov, Lei Tian
Advanced Photonics, 1(3), 036003 (2019).

Deep speckle correlation: a deep learning approach towards scalable imaging through scattering media
Deep speckle correlation: a deep learning approach towards scalable imaging through scattering media
Yunzhe Li, Yujia Xue, Lei Tian
Optica 5, 1181-1190 (2018).
⭑ Top 5 most cited articles in Optica published in 2018 (Source: Google Scholar)

