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A new method for the reconstruction of the projected mass distribution of clusters of galaxies from the image distortion of background galaxies is discussed. This method is essentially equivalent to the one we developed previously, i.e.,…

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Since the 1970s, much of traditional interferometric imaging has been built around variations of the CLEAN algorithm, in both terminology, methodology, and algorithm development. Recent developments in applying new algorithms from convex…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-29 Luke Pratley , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt , Jason D. McEwen

In this article, we report an imaging method, termed Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM), which iteratively stitches together a number of variably illuminated, low-resolution intensity images in Fourier space to produce a wide-field,…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-02 Guoan Zheng , Roarke Horstmeyer , Changhuei Yang

As ground-based all-sky astronomical surveys will gather millions of images in the coming years, a critical requirement emerges for the development of fast deconvolution algorithms capable of efficiently improving the spatial resolution of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Utsav Akhaury , Pascale Jablonka , Jean-Luc Starck , Frédéric Courbin

The new generation of radio telescopes, such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), requires dramatic advances in computer hardware and software, in order to process the large amounts of produced data efficiently. In this document, we explore…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-15 Matthias Petschow

Light field deconvolution allows three-dimensional investigations from a single snapshot recording of a plenoptic camera. It is based on a linear image formation model, and iterative volume reconstruction requires to define the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-28 Martin Eberhart

Image convolution with complex kernels is a fundamental operation in photography, scientific imaging, and animation effects, yet direct dense convolution is computationally prohibitive on resource-limited devices. Existing approximations,…

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This paper introduces the Wide-band Asp-Clean (\texttt{WAsp}) algorithm, a novel scale-sensitive image reconstruction method tailored for wide-band imaging applications. This algorithm is particularly beneficial for thermal noise-limited…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 M. Hsieh , S. Bhatnagar , U. Rau

Radio interferometry enables high-resolution imaging of astronomical radio sources by synthesizing a large effective aperture from an array of antennas and solving a deconvolution problem to reconstruct the image. Deep learning has emerged…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 Zihui Wu , Liam Connor , Samuel McCarty , Katherine L. Bouman

Wavelet decompositions of integral operators have proven their efficiency in reducing computing times for many problems, ranging from the simulation of waves or fluids to the resolution of inverse problems in imaging. Unfortunately,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-03 Paul Escande , Pierre Weiss

Hyperspectral imaging has become a significant source of valuable data for astronomers over the past decades. Current instrumental and observing time constraints allow direct acquisition of multispectral images, with high spatial but low…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Claire Guilloteau , Thomas Oberlin , Olivier Berné , Nicolas Dobigeon

We propose a new strategy for obtaining enhanced resolution (FWHM = 0.12 arcsec) deep optical images over a wide field of view. As is well known, this type of image quality can be obtained in principle simply by fast guiding on a small (D =…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Kaiser , J. L. Tonry , G. A. Luppino

This paper introduces a directional multiscale algorithm for the two dimensional $N$-body problem of the Helmholtz kernel with applications to high frequency scattering. The algorithm follows the approach in [Engquist and Ying, SIAM Journal…

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We describe a scalable distributed imaging algorithm framework for next-generation radio telescopes, managing the Fourier transform from apertures to sky (or vice versa) with a focus on minimising memory load, data transfers, and…

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Fast image reconstruction techniques are becoming important with the increasing number of scientific cases in high resolution micro and nano tomography. The processing of the large scale three-dimensional data demands new mathematical tools…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-15 Nikolay Koshev , Elias S. Helou , Eduardo X. Miqueles

The desire for wide-field of view, large fractional bandwidth, high sensitivity, high spectral and temporal resolution has driven radio interferometry to the point of big data revolution where the data is represented in at least three…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 M. Atemkeng , O. Smirnov , C. Tasse , G. Foster , S. Makhathini

(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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Fors

Radio interferometers do not measure the sky brightness distribution directly but rather a modified Fourier transform of it. Imaging algorithms, thus, need a computational representation of the linear measurement operator and its adjoint,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Philipp Arras , Martin Reinecke , Rüdiger Westermann , Torsten A. Enßlin

Light pollution poses a growing threat to optical astronomy, in addition to its detrimental impacts on the natural environment, the intangible heritage of humankind related to the contemplation of the starry sky and, potentially, on human…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 Salvador Bará , Fabio Falchi , Riccardo Furgoni , Raul C. Lima