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DEPFET pixel detectors are unique devices in terms of energy and spatial resolution because very low noise (ENC = 2.2e at room temperature) operation can be obtained by implementing the amplifying transistor in the pixel cell itself. Full…

Motivated by modern applications of light detection and ranging (LIDAR), we study the model of an optical receiver based on an avalanche photo-diode (APD), followed by electronic circuitry for detection of reflected optical signals and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Ner Merhav

X-ray phase-contrast imaging has the potential to improve image contrast with lower dose by probing an object's refractive properties as well as its absorptive properties. To reconstruct a phase-contrast image from a raw dataset, a phase…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Giavanna Jadick , Patrick La Rivière

Hyperspectral imaging aims at providing information on both the spatial and the spectral distribution of light, with high resolution. However, state-of-the-art protocols are characterized by an intrinsic trade-off imposing to sacrifice…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-22 Gianlorenzo Massaro , Francesco V. Pepe , Milena D'Angelo

We implement a general imaging method by measuring the complex degree of coherence using linear optics and photon number resolving detectors. In the absence of collective or entanglement assisted measurements, our method is optimal over a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 L. A. Howard , G. G. Gillett , M. E. Pearce , R. A. Abrahao , T. J. Weinhold , P. Kok , A. G. White

Correlation Plenoptic Imaging (CPI) is a novel technological imaging modality enabling to overcome drawbacks of standard plenoptic devices, while preserving their advantages. However, a major challenge in view of real-time application of…

The direct detection and characterization of exoplanets will be a major scientific driver over the next decade, involving the development of very large telescopes and requires high-contrast imaging close to the optical axis. Some complex…

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A broad range of scientific and industrial disciplines require precise optical measurements at very low light levels. Single-photon detectors combining high efficiency and high time resolution are pivotal in such experiments. By using…

Generative super-resolution (GSR) currently sets the state-of-the-art in terms of perceptual image quality, overcoming the "regression-to-the-mean" blur of prior non-generative models. However, from a human perspective, such models do not…

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Hybrid Opto-electronic correlators (HOC) overcome many limitations of all-optical correlators (AOC) while maintaining high-speed operation. However, neither the OEC nor the AOC in their conventional configurations can detect targets that…

Full projector compensation is a practical task of projector-camera systems. It aims to find a projector input image, named compensation image, such that when projected it cancels the geometric and photometric distortions due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Yuxi Wang , Haibin Ling , Bingyao Huang

The collimation efficiency for Pb ion beams in the LHC is predicted to be lower than requirements. Nuclear fragmentation and electromagnetic dissociation in the primary collimators create fragments with a wide range of Z/A ratios, which are…

With increasing interest in high-speed imaging should come an increased interest in the response times of our scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) detectors. Previous works have previously highlighted and contrasted performance…

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We describe in this paper a new, public software for accurate "PSF-matched" multiband photometry for images of different resolution and depth, that we have named ConvPhot, of which we analyse performances and limitations. It is designed to…

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Multi-source static Computed Tomography (CT) systems have introduced novel opportunities for adaptive imaging techniques. This work presents an innovative method of fluence field modulation using spotlight collimators. These instruments…

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Photon-number resolving detectors with hundreds of pixels are now readily available, while the characterization of these detectors using detector tomography is computationally intensive. Here, we present a modified detector tomography model…

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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging is pivotal in diagnosing ophthalmic conditions by providing detailed cross-sectional images of the anterior and posterior segments of the eye. Nonetheless, speckle noise and other imaging artifacts…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-26 Akkidas Noel Prakash , Jahnvi Sai Ganta , Ramaswami Krishnadas , Tin A. Tunc , Satish K Panda

Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has been widely used to obtain quantitative elemental composition of imaged subjects for personalized and precise medical diagnosis. Compared with DECT leveraging advanced X-ray source and/or detector…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Qiaoxin Li , Ruifeng Chen , Peng Wang , Guotao Quan , Yanfeng Du , Dong Liang , Yinsheng Li

Crystal calorimeters have a long history of pushing the frontier on high-resolution electromagnetic (EM) calorimetry. We explore in this paper major innovations in collider detector performance that can be achieved with crystal calorimetry…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-11 Marco T. Lucchini , Wonyong Chung , Sarah C. Eno , Yihui Lai , Lorenzo Lucchini , Minh-Thi Nguyen , Christopher G. Tully

This study demonstrates the feasibility of a novel fabrication technique for high spatial resolution CsI: Tl scintillation detectors tailored for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) systems. Building upon our previously…

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