Diffraction tomography

Diffraction tomography is an inverse scattering technique used to find the shape of a scattering object by illuminating it with probing waves and recording the reflections.¹ It is based on the diffraction slice theorem and assumes that the scatterer is weak.² It is closely related to X-ray tomography.³

References

Devaney, A. J. (1985), Boerner, Wolfgang-M.; Brand, Hans; Cram, Leonard A.; Gjessing, Dag T. (eds.), "Diffraction Tomography", Inverse Methods in Electromagnetic Imaging: Part 2, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 1107–1135, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-5271-3_24, ISBN 978-94-009-5271-3, retrieved 2025-07-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
Müller, Paul; Schürmann, Mirjam; Guck, Jochen (2015). "The Theory of Diffraction Tomography". arXiv:1507.00466 [q-bio.QM].
Wolf, Emil (1996-01-01), Consortini, Anna (ed.), "5 - Principles and development of diffraction tomography", Trends in Optics, Lasers and Optical Engineering, San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 83–110, doi:10.1016/b978-012186030-1/50007-2, ISBN 978-0-12-186030-1, retrieved 2025-07-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

[1] Devaney, A. J. (1985), Boerner, Wolfgang-M.; Brand, Hans; Cram, Leonard A.; Gjessing, Dag T. (eds.), "Diffraction Tomography", Inverse Methods in Electromagnetic Imaging: Part 2, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 1107–1135, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-5271-3_24, ISBN 978-94-009-5271-3, retrieved 2025-07-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

[2] Müller, Paul; Schürmann, Mirjam; Guck, Jochen (2015). "The Theory of Diffraction Tomography". arXiv:1507.00466 [q-bio.QM].

[3] Wolf, Emil (1996-01-01), Consortini, Anna (ed.), "5 - Principles and development of diffraction tomography", Trends in Optics, Lasers and Optical Engineering, San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 83–110, doi:10.1016/b978-012186030-1/50007-2, ISBN 978-0-12-186030-1, retrieved 2025-07-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

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