Pirone, DanieleBianco, VittorioMiccio, LisaMemmolo, PasqualePsaltis, DemetriFerraro, Pietro2024-02-232024-02-232024-02-232023-12-2310.1016/j.copbio.2023.103054https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/205309WOS:001145124000001Despite remarkable progresses in quantitative phase imaging (QPI) microscopes, their wide acceptance is limited due to the lack of specificity compared with the well-established fluorescence microscopy. In fact, the absence of fluorescent tag prevents to identify subcellular structures in single cells, making challenging the interpretation of label-free 2D and 3D phase-contrast data. Great effort has been made by many groups worldwide to address and overcome such limitation. Different computational methods have been proposed and many more are currently under investigation to achieve labelfree microscopic imaging at single-cell level to recognize and quantify different subcellular compartments. This route promises to bridge the gap between QPI and FM for real-world applications.Life Sciences & BiomedicineRefractive-IndexSingle-CellBeyond fluorescence: advances in computational label- free full specificity in 3D quantitative phase microscopytext::journal::journal article::review article