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Image deblurring is a notoriously challenging ill-posed inverse problem. In recent years, a wide variety of approaches have been proposed based upon regularization at the level of the image or on techniques from machine learning. We propose…
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A milestone of modern cosmology was the prediction and serendipitous discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the radiation left over after decoupling from matter in the early evolutionary stages of the Universe. A prediction of…
In this paper we analyze the maximum entropy image deconvolution. We show that given the Lagrange multiplier a closed form can be obtained for the image parameters. Using this solution we are able to provide better understanding of some of…
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(Abridged) In the first part of this thesis, a general methodology for applying image deconvolution to wide-field CCD imagery. Results show that wavelet-based deconvolution can increase limiting magnitude up to 0.6 mag and improve limiting…
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We develop the first algorithm able to jointly compute the maximum {\it a posteriori} estimate of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization fields, the gravitational potential by which they are lensed, and…
Super-resolution ultrasound imaging through microbubble (MB) localisation and tracking, also known as ultrasound localisation microscopy, allows non-invasive sub-diffraction resolution imaging of microvasculature in animals and humans. The…
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We describe the data processing pipeline developed to reduce the pointing observation data of Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT), which belongs to the Chang'e-3 mission of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. The pointing observation…
A new technique is presented for producing images from interferometric data. The method, ``smear fitting'', makes the constraints necessary for interferometric imaging double as a model, with uncertainties, of the sky brightness…
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Thin film deposition is an essential step in the semiconductor process. During preparation or loading, the substrate is exposed to the air unavoidably, which has motivated studies of the process control to remove the surface oxide before…
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