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Light field cameras have been proved to be powerful tools for 3D reconstruction and virtual reality applications. However, the limited resolution of light field images brings a lot of difficulties for further information display and…

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Structured light beams, in particular those carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), have gained a lot of attention due to their potential for enlarging the transmission capabilities of communication systems. However, the use of…

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The importance and relevance of digital image forensics has attracted researchers to establish different techniques for creating as well as detecting forgeries. The core category in passive image forgery is copy-move image forgery that…

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