Patent ID: 11954172
Assignee: PHOTOMICS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method for generating a first intensity pattern and a second intensity pattern of a sample via a microscope, the method comprising:
launching, at a first angle, coherent illuminating light into first illumination optics;
establishing a desired polarization for the coherent illuminating light;
imaging the coherent illuminating light having the desired polarization onto the sample;
receiving, at a universal polarizer, ballistic light and scattered light, both originating from the coherent illuminating light imaged onto the sample, wherein the ballistic light is not scattered by the sample, and the scattered light is scattered by the sample, and selecting a desired polarization for the ballistic and scattered light;
attenuating the ballistic light to substantially equalize the intensity thereof to the intensity of the scattered light, and altering a phase of the ballistic light;
randomizing the ballistic light and the scattered light;
detecting a first intensity pattern resulting from interference between the ballistic light and the scattered light;
digitizing the first intensity pattern;
storing the digitized first intensity pattern; and
generating a second intensity pattern that is digitized and stored; and
retrieving the first and second digitized intensity patterns and processing same using a machine-learning algorithm, stored as program control instructions, thereby extracting information from the first and second intensity patterns.