Electromagnetic wave determining device, flow cytometer, electromagnetic wave determining method, and electromagnetic wave determining program

1. A device for imaging an object comprising:

a flow path configured to permit the object to flow therethrough;

an emission unit configured to emit at least one electromagnetic wave having at least partial coherence towards the flow path;

an electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprising at least one modulation pattern, wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit is configured to use the at least one modulation pattern to modulate one or both of a phase and an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic wave to produce at least one modulated electromagnetic wave;

an electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit configured to detect the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave from the flow path and at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave following at least one optical interaction of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave produced by the electromagnetic wave modulating unit with the object; and

a generation unit configured to generate at least a phase image or an amplitude image of the object based on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern comprises a fixed modulation pattern.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave modulating unit comprises a plurality of areas configured to modulate the at least one electromagnetic wave differently.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a relative pattern area calculating unit configured to select a modulation area corresponding to the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected by the electromagnetic wave detecting unit.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the generation unit is configured to generate the at least the phase image or the amplitude image by performing a sparsity-constrained operation on the at least one intensity based on a sparsity of the object.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the emission unit is configured to direct the at least one electromagnetic wave to the electromagnetic wave modulating unit, which electromagnetic wave modulating unit is configured to (i) receive the at least one electromagnetic wave from the emission unit and (ii) direct the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave to the object; and the electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit is configured to receive the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave from the object.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a change unit configured to select the at least one modulation pattern based on the object.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is random.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit comprises a single-pixel detector.

10. A method for imaging an object comprising:

(a) emitting at least one electromagnetic wave, having at least partial coherence towards a flow path;

(b) using at least one modulation pattern to modulate one or both of a phase or an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic wave to produce at least one modulated electromagnetic wave;

(c) detecting the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave from the flow path and at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave following at least one optical interaction of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave produced using the at least one modulation pattern with the object; and

(d) generating at least a phase image or an amplitude image of the object based on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine-executable code that, upon execution by one or more computer processors, implements a method for imaging an object comprising towards a flow path:

(a) emitting at least one electromagnetic wave having at least partial coherence towards a flow path;

(b) using at least one modulation pattern to modulate one or both of a phase or an amplitude of the at least one electromagnetic wave to produce at least one modulated electromagnetic wave;

(c) detecting the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave from the flow path and at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave following at least one optical interaction of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave produced using the at least one modulation pattern with the object; and

(d) generating at least a phase image or an amplitude image of the object based on the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern comprises a fixed modulation pattern.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising selecting a modulation area corresponding to the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected in step (c).

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein generating the at least the phase image or the amplitude image comprises performing a sparsity-constrained operation on the at least one intensity based on a sparsity of the object.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is selected based on the object.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is random.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave from the flow path and the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave is detected using a single-pixel detector.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern comprises a fixed modulation pattern.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises selecting a modulation area corresponding to the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave detected in step (c).

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein generating the at least the phase image or the amplitude image comprises performing a sparsity-constrained operation on the at least one intensity based on a sparsity of the object.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is selected based on the object.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one modulation pattern is random.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave from the flow path and the at least one intensity of the at least one modulated electromagnetic wave is detected using a single-pixel detector.