The course explains the 3D scalar imaging theory for a holographic microscope with incoherent illumination source using the transfer function and point spread function. The basics of the theory are also applicable for other microscopies.

1. The basic building blocks of the theory.
2. Wave propagation through microscope arms and basic imaging formula.
3. Application of the first Born approximation, coherent transfer function.
4. Amplitude point spread function and its properties.
5. Simplification for 2D samples.
6. Imaging of objects in scattering media.
7. Another applications of the coherence gate.