Hidden

Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) — Hidden Tier

(5 scenes)

Fully blind server-side evaluation — no data download.

What you get

No data downloadable. Algorithm runs server-side on hidden measurements.

How to use

Package algorithm as Docker container / Python script. Submit via link.

What to submit

Containerized algorithm accepting y + H, outputting x_hat + corrected spec.

Parameter Specifications

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True spec hidden — blind evaluation, only ranges available.

Parameter Spec Range Unit
shear_amount 86.0 – 146.0 nm
bias_retardation -0.15 – 0.15 nm
prism_orientation -0.42 – 1.38 deg

Hidden Tier Leaderboard

# Method Score PSNR SSIM Consistency Trust Source
1 SwinDIC + gradient 0.724 29.24 0.904 0.85 ✓ Certified Liang et al., ICCV 2021 (DIC)
2 DiffusionDIC + gradient 0.705 28.38 0.889 0.83 ✓ Certified Luo et al., Nat. Photonics 2023 (DIC)
3 PhysPhase-Net + gradient 0.668 26.26 0.839 0.85 ✓ Certified Barbastathis et al., Optica 2019
4 PhaseNet-DIC + gradient 0.610 23.75 0.76 0.84 ✓ Certified Sinha et al., Optica 2020
5 PnP-DIC + gradient 0.592 23.53 0.751 0.78 ✓ Certified Kamilov et al., Optica 2017 (DIC)
6 DIC-CNN + gradient 0.570 23.0 0.731 0.74 ✓ Certified Rivenson et al., Optica 2018
7 Phase-DLSIM + gradient 0.519 20.33 0.614 0.85 ✓ Certified Stephens & Allen, J. Biomed. Opt. 2003
8 DIC-Deconv + gradient 0.516 20.35 0.615 0.83 ✓ Certified Preza et al., JOSA A 1999
9 TV-DIC + gradient 0.429 17.35 0.468 0.84 ✓ Certified Bostan et al., IEEE TIP 2014

Dataset

Scenes: 5

Scoring Formula

0.4 × PSNR_norm + 0.4 × SSIM + 0.2 × (1 − ‖y − Ĥx̂‖/‖y‖)

PSNR: 40% SSIM: 40% Consistency: 20%
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