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The past few years have seen a conspicuous development of novel optical methods for investigating the structural and dynamic behavior of soft matter, where scattering and imaging concepts are often strongly intermixed. Grasping the working principle of these techniques and the interrelation between them requires a solid background in statistical optics. Rather than entering into technical details or discussing specific applications, this review aims to provide such a general framework.