Learning neural representations for X-ray ptychography reconstruction with unknown probes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04402v1
• Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:13:19 GMT
• Title: Learning neural representations for X-ray ptychography reconstruction with unknown probes
• Authors: Tingyou Li, Zixin Xu, Zirui Gao, Hanfei Yan, Xiaojing Huang, Jizhou Li,
• Abstract summary: X-ray ptychography provides exceptional nanoscale resolution and is widely applied in materials science, biology, and nanotechnology.<n>Its full potential is constrained by the critical challenge of accurately reconstructing images when the probe is unknown.<n>Conventional iterative methods and deep learning approaches are often suboptimal, particularly under the low-signal conditions inherent to low-dose and high-speed experiments.<n>In this work, we introduce the Ptychographic Implicit Neural Representation (PvtINR), a self-supervised framework that simultaneously addresses the object and probe recovery problem.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: X-ray ptychography provides exceptional nanoscale resolution and is widely applied in materials science, biology, and nanotechnology. However, its full potential is constrained by the critical challenge of accurately reconstructing images when the illuminating probe is unknown. Conventional iterative methods and deep learning approaches are often suboptimal, particularly under the low-signal conditions inherent to low-dose and high-speed experiments. These limitations compromise reconstruction fidelity and restrict the broader adoption of the technique. In this work, we introduce the Ptychographic Implicit Neural Representation (PtyINR), a self-supervised framework that simultaneously addresses the object and probe recovery problem. By parameterizing both as continuous neural representations, PtyINR performs end-to-end reconstruction directly from raw diffraction patterns without requiring any pre-characterization of the probe. Extensive evaluations demonstrate that PtyINR achieves superior reconstruction quality on both simulated and experimental data, with remarkable robustness under challenging low-signal conditions. Furthermore, PtyINR offers a generalizable, physics-informed framework for addressing probe-dependent inverse problems, making it applicable to a wide range of computational microscopy problems.

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