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This research introduces a self-supervised neural network that unifies single-frame Fresnel coherent diffractive imaging with overlapped ptychography, enabling high-throughput reconstruction at synchrotron and X-ray free-electron laser sources. By leveraging curved-wavefront probes and optimizing for Poisson noise statistics, the framework achieves significant dose reduction and a 36-fold speedup over traditional iterative solvers without sacrificing image fidelity. The approach represents a practical advancement in computational imaging that directly addresses throughput and radiation damage constraints inherent to modern light source operations.
A unified self-supervised framework for single-frame Fresnel CDI and overlapped ptychography
arXiv:2602.21361v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Ptychographic imaging at synchrotron and X-ray free-electron laser sources requires densely overlapping scans, which limits throughput and increases dose; extending coherent diffractive imaging to overlap-free operation on extended samples remains an open problem. We present a self-supervised inverse-mapping network for single-frame Fresnel coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) and overlapped ptychography with fixed, pre-estimated probes. The learned neural network reconstructs individual object patches from either one diffraction frame or several overlapping measurements at a time. In single-frame mode, the phase diversity provided by the curved-wavefront probe at the off-focus sample position removes the requirement for overlap constraints, enabling sparser scans and proportionally lower dose at fixed exposure. On synthetic line patterns, reconstructed amplitude SSIM exceeds 0.90 in single-frame mode with the curved probe and reaches 0.952-0.968 with overlap constraints. Optimization of the network via a Poisson negative log likelihood objective, rather than the more common mean absolute error, yields 10-fold improved photon-dose efficiency at doses below $10^5$ photons per image, where shot noise typically limits resolution. In addition to these synthetic studies, we demonstrate robust single-frame reconstruction of extended samples using ptychographic datasets from APS and LCLS, with end-to-end reconstruction of a 10,304-frame workload approximately $36\times$ faster than a highly optimized iterative solver. Together, these results unify single-frame Fresnel CDI and overlapped ptychography within one self-supervised framework, supporting dose-efficient, high-throughput imaging at modern light sources.
Abstract:Ptychographic imaging at synchrotron and X-ray free-electron laser sources requires densely overlapping scans, which limits throughput and increases dose; extending coherent diffractive imaging to overlap-free operation on extended samples remains an open problem. We present a self-supervised inverse-mapping network for single-frame Fresnel coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) and overlapped ptychography with fixed, pre-estimated probes. The learned neural network reconstructs individual object patches from either one diffraction frame or several overlapping measurements at a time. In single-frame mode, the phase diversity provided by the curved-wavefront probe at the off-focus sample position removes the requirement for overlap constraints, enabling sparser scans and proportionally lower dose at fixed exposure. On synthetic line patterns, reconstructed amplitude SSIM exceeds 0.90 in single-frame mode with the curved probe and reaches 0.952-0.968 with overlap constraints. Optimization of the network via a Poisson negative log likelihood objective, rather than the more common mean absolute error, yields 10-fold improved photon-dose efficiency at doses below $10^5$ photons per image, where shot noise typically limits resolution. In addition to these synthetic studies, we demonstrate robust single-frame reconstruction of extended samples using ptychographic datasets from APS and LCLS, with end-to-end reconstruction of a 10,304-frame workload approximately $36\times$ faster than a highly optimized iterative solver. Together, these results unify single-frame Fresnel CDI and overlapped ptychography within one self-supervised framework, supporting dose-efficient, high-throughput imaging at modern light sources.
Optics (physics.optics); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
arXiv:2602.21361 [physics.optics]
(or arXiv:2602.21361v4 [physics.optics] for this version)
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