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Preprints

Parallel frequency-multiplexed aberration measurement for widefield fluorescence microscopy
Kim H, Kang I, Natan R, Ji N
bioRxiv (2025) 2025.10.11.681535. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.11.681535 (Under review)

Adaptive optical correction for in vivo two-photon fluorescence microscopy with neural fields
Kang I, Kim H, Natan R, Zhang Q, Yu SX, Ji N
bioRxiv (2024) 2024.10.20.619284 https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.20.619284 (Accepted in principle)

Journal

Optical segmentation-based compressed readout of neuronal voltage dynamics
Kim S, Yoon J, Ko G, Kang I, Tian H, Fan LZ, Li Y, Cohen AE, Wu J, Dai Q, Choi MM
Nature Communications (2025) 16(7194) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62663-4

Coordinate-based neural representations for computational adaptive optics in widefield microscopy
Kang I*, Zhang Q*, Yu SX, Ji N
Nature Machine Intelligence (2024) 6, 714-725. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-024-00853-3
*Contributed equally and co-correspondence authors.

Accelerated deep self-supervised ptycho-laminography for three-dimensional nanoscale imaging of integrated circuits
Kang I, Jiang Y, Holler M, Guizar-Sicairos M, Levi AFJ, Klug J, Vogt S, Barbastathis G
Optica (2023) 10(8), 1000-1008. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.492666

Attentional Ptycho-Tomography (APT) for three-dimensional nanoscale X-ray imaging with minimal data acquisition and computation time
Kang I*, Wu Z*, Jiang Y, Yao Y, Deng J, Klug J, Vogt S, Barbastathis G
Light: Science & Applications (2023) 12(131). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-023-01181-8
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*Contributed equally.

Three-dimensional nanoscale reduced-angle ptycho-tomographic imaging with deep learning (RAPID)
Wu Z*, Kang I*, Yao Y, Jiang Y, Deng J, Klug J, Vogt S, Barbastathis G
eLight (2023) 3(7). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43593-022-00037-9
*Contributed equally.

Simultaneous spectral recovery and CMOS micro-LED holography with an untrained deep neural network
Kang I*, de Cea M*, Xue J, Li Z, Barbastathis G, Ram R
Optica (2022) 9(10), 1149-1155. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.470712
*Contributed equally.

Dynamical machine learning volumetric reconstruction of objects’ interiors from limited angular views
Kang I*, Goy A, Barbastathis G
Light: Science & Applications (2021) 10(74). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-021-00512-x
News: EurekAlert!
*Correspondence author.

Recurrent neural network reveals transparent objects through scattering media
Kang I*, Pang S, Zhang Q, Fang N, Barbastathis G
Optics Express (2020) 29(4), 5316-5326. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.412890
*Correspondence author.

Deep residual learning for low-order wavefront sensing in high-contrast imaging systems
Allan G*, Kang I*, Douglas E, Barbastathis G, Cahoy K
Optics Express (2020) 28(18), 26267-26283 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.397790
*Contributed equally.

On the interplay between physical and content priors in deep learning for computational imaging
Deng M, Li S, Zhang Z, Kang I, Fang N, Barbastathis G
Optics Express (2020) 28(16), 24152-24170. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.395204

Phase Extraction Neural Network (PhENN) with Coherent Modulation Imaging (CMI) for phase retrieval at low photon counts
Kang I*, Zhang F, Barbastathis G
Optics Express (2020) 28(15), 21578-21600. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.397430
*Correspondence author.

Learning to synthesize: Robust phase retrieval at low photon counts
Deng M, Li S, Goy A, Kang I, Barbastathis G
Light: Science & Applications, 9(36) (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-020-0267-2

Conference Proceedings & Presentations

Coordinate-based neural representations for computational adaptive optics in two-photon microscopy
Kang I*, Zhang Q, Yaeger C, Pham T, Yu SX, Harnett M, Ji N
SPIE Photonics West (2024) 12851-9 (28 January 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008468
*Speaker, oral presentation.

On the use of deep learning for three-dimensional computational imaging
Barbastathis G, Pang S, Kang I*, Wu Z, Liu Z, Guo Z, Zhang F
SPIE Photonics West (2023) 124450J (8 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2655261
*Speaker, oral presentation.

Deep self-supervised learning for computational adaptive optics in widefield microscopy
Kang I*, Zhang Q, Ji N
SPIE Photonics West (2023) 123880H (16 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2658934
*Speaker, oral presentation.

Optical segmentation for compressed readout on sub-millisecond neuronal circuit dynamics – Diffractive Multisite Optical Segmentation Assisted Image Compression: DeMOSAIC
Kim S, Wu J, Kang I, Ko G, Tian H, Fan LZ, Li Y, Cohen AE, Dai Q, Choi MM
Frontiers in Neurophotonics (FiNs) (2022).

Photon-starved X-ray Ptychographic Imaging using Spatial Pyramid Atrous Convolution End-to-end Reconstruction (PtychoSPACER)
Wu Z, Kang I, Zhou T, Coykendall V, Ge B, Cherukara MJ, Barbastathis G
Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI) (2022) CF1D.6. https://doi.org/10.1364/COSI.2022.CF1D.6

Adaptive image segmentation for crosstalk-free high-speed compressive imaging
Kim S, Wu J, Kang I, Li Y, Tian H, Fan LZ, Cohen AE, Dai Q, Choi MM
Focus on Microscopy (FOM) (2022).

Three-dimensional reconstruction of integrated circuits by single-angle X-ray ptychography with machine learning
Kang I*, Yao Y, Deng J, Klug J, Vogt S, Honig S, Barbastathis G
Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI) (2021) CTu6A.4. https://doi.org/10.1364/COSI.2021.CTu6A.4
*Speaker, oral presentation.

Probability of error as an image metric for the assessment of tomographic reconstruction of dense-layered binary-phase objects
Kang I*, Barbastathis G
SPIE Photonics West (2021) 116530T (5 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577264
*Speaker, oral presentation.

Deep neural networks to improve the dynamic range of Zernike phase-contrast wavefront sensing in high-contrast imaging systems
Allan G, Kang I, Douglas E, N'Diaye M, Barbastathis G, Cahoy K
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation (2020) 1144349 (13 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562927

A portable, low-cost, 3D-printed main magnetic field system for magnetic imaging
Kang I*
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) (2017). https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037619
*Speaker, oral presentation.

Patents

Adaptive optical correction in two-photon fluorescence microscopy with neural fields
Kang I, Ji N
U.S. Patent Application No. 19/358,888, filed October 15, 2025.