Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar

Localization microscopy techniques have improved the attainable resolution through standard optical microscopy. In this talk, I describe the seemingly unrelated inverse scattering problem, followed by our proposed use of applying this problem to localization microscopy. Instead of only finding the location of individual fluorescent molecules, the proposed method reconstructs the optical properties of the entire surrounding medium. Numerical simulations will be shown, which illustrate the potential scientific and experimental benefits. Speaker(s): Howard Levinson (University of Michigan)