Oversampling smoothness: an effective algorithm for phase retrieval of noisy diffraction intensities

An iterative phase retrieval algorithm, termed oversampling smoothness (OSS), has been developed to reconstruct fine features in weakly scattered objects such as biological specimens from noisy experimental data. OSS is expected to find application in the rapidly growing coherent diffraction imaging field as well as other disciplines where phase retrieval from noisy Fourier magnitudes is needed.