Phase-contrast microscopy

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Phase-contrast microscopy (PCM) is an optical microscopy technique that converts phase shifts in light passing through a transparent specimen to brightness changes in the image. Phase shifts themselves are invisible, but become visible when shown as brightness variations.

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Image: Photograph taken by Spencer Diamond at the Biological Imaging Facility in Koshland Hall on the campus of UC Berkeley., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.