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Application and Evaluation of the Common Circles Method

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: We investigate the application of the common circle method for estimating sample motion in optical diffraction tomography (ODT) of sub-millimeter sized biological tissue. When samples are confined via contact-free acoustical force fields, their motion must be estimated from the captured images. The common circle method identifies intersections of Ewald spheres in Fourier space to determine rotational motion. This paper presents a practical implementation, incorporating temporal consistency constraints to achieve stable reconstructions. Our results on both simulated and real-world data demonstrate that the common circle method provides a computationally efficient alternative to full optimization methods for motion detection.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2602.17353

Authors: Quellmalz, Michael, Løvmo, Mia Kvåle, Moser, Simon, Strasser, Franziska, Ritsch-Marte, Monika

Institutions: Technische Universität Berlin, Innsbruck Medical University, Universität Innsbruck

Topic: Digital Holography and Microscopy

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Austrian Science Fund, Universität Wien, Technische Universität Berlin

Awards: G2534911505, G2585135387, G7954913388, Bewegungsdetektion in der optischen Diffraktionstomographie und der dynamischen Einzelmolekülmikropkopie

OpenAlex ID: W7130698873

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