Towards robust cellular image classification: theoretical foundations for wide-angle 
scattering pattern analysis

Clinical analysis of light scattering from cellular organelle distributions can help identify disease and predict a patient's response to treatment. This work presents a theoretical basis for the identification of important intracellular distributions from scattering patterns even in the presence of optical and structural variability, and examines how the geometry of an organelle distribution affects key properties of wide-angle (two-dimensional) scattering patterns. Specifically, this work demonstrates how organelle arrangement relates to the size and shape of intensity peaks within simulated scattering images, and how this relationship can affect cell identification when using standard image classification methods.