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Accessing the point-spread function (PSF) of a complex optical system is important for a variety of imaging applications. However, placing an invasive point source is often impractical, and estimating it blindly with multiple frames is slow…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-23 Tengfei Wu , Jonathan Dong , Sylvain Gigan

Optical astronomical images are strongly affected by the point spread function (PSF) of the optical system and the atmosphere (seeing) which blurs the observed image. The amount of blurring depends both on the observed band, and on the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-31 Hong Wang , Sreevarsha Sreejith , Yuewei Lin , Nesar Ramachandra , Anže Slosar , Shinjae Yoo

We propose a compact snapshot monocular depth estimation technique that relies on an engineered point spread function (PSF). Traditional approaches used in microscopic super-resolution imaging such as the Double-Helix PSF (DHPSF) are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-05 Bhargav Ghanekar , Vishwanath Saragadam , Dushyant Mehra , Anna-Karin Gustavsson , Aswin Sankaranarayanan , Ashok Veeraraghavan

The past decade has brought many innovations in optical design for 3D super-resolution imaging of point-like emitters, but these methods often focus on single-emitter localization precision as a performance metric. Here, we propose a simple…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-28 James M. Jusuf , Matthew D. Lew

The accurate modelling of the Point Spread Function (PSF) is of paramount importance in astronomical observations, as it allows for the correction of distortions and blurring caused by the telescope and atmosphere. PSF modelling is crucial…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-25 Tobias Liaudat , Jean-Luc Starck , Martin Kilbinger

Uncertainty in the wide-angle Point Spread Function (PSF) at large angles (tens of arcseconds and beyond) is one of the dominant sources of error in a number of important quantities in observational astronomy. Examples include the stellar…

Microscopy is one of the most essential imaging techniques in life sciences. High-quality images are required in order to solve (potentially life-saving) biomedical research problems. Many microscopy techniques do not achieve sufficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Joris Roels , Jan Aelterman , Jonas De Vylder , Hiep Luong , Yvan Saeys , Wilfried Philips

Deconvolution is the most commonly used image processing method to remove the blur caused by the point-spread-function (PSF) in optical imaging systems. While this method has been successful in deblurring, it suffers from several…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-10 Huangxuan Zhao , Ziwen Ke , Ningbo Chen , Ke Li , Lidai Wang , Xiaojing Gong , Wei Zheng , Liang Song , Zhicheng Liu , Dong Liang , Chengbo Liu

The point-spread function (PSF) is a fundamental property of any astronomical instrument. In interferometers, differing array configurations combined with their $uv$ coverage, and various weighting schemes can produce an irregular but…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-20 Jack F. Radcliffe , R. J. Beswick , A. P. Thomson , A. Njeri , T. W. B. Muxlow

This paper demonstrates a practical method that can correct spatial varying blur from a set of images of the same object. The algorithm jointly estimates the object and local point spread functions~(PSF). The method prioritizes sections…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-04 Wouter van de Ketterij , Oleg Soloviev , Michel Verhaegen

We present a variational Bayesian method of joint image reconstruction and point spread function (PSF) estimation when the PSF of the imaging device is only partially known. To solve this semi-blind deconvolution problem, prior…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2013-03-18 Se Un Park , Nicolas Dobigeon , Alfred O. Hero

Point Spread Function (PSF) modeling is a central part of any astronomy data analysis relying on measuring the shapes of objects. It is especially crucial for weak gravitational lensing, in order to beat down systematics and allow one to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Joel Bergé , Sedona Price , Adam Amara , Jason Rhodes

To determine the precise positions of stars in CCD frames, various centering algorithms have been proposed for astrometry. The effective point spread function (ePSF) and the Gaussian centering algorithms are two representative centering…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-28 F. R. Lin , Q. Y. Peng , Z. J. Zheng , B. F. Guo , Y. J. Shang

Precise centroid estimation plays a critical role in accurate astrometry using telescope images. Conventional centroid estimation fits a template point spread function (PSF) to the image data. Because the PSF is typically not known to high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Chengxing Zhai , Mike Shao , Renaud Goullioud , Bijan Nemati

Precise knowledge of the point spread function (PSF) underpins many data analysis steps in astronomy, from photometry and astrometry to source de-blending and deconvolution. In adaptive optics (AO) observations, however, the PSF is highly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-02 Arseniy Kuznetsov , Benoit Neichel , Sylvain Oberti , Thierry Fusco

We present a semi-blind, spatially-variant deconvolution technique aimed at optical microscopy that combines a local estimation step of the point spread function (PSF) and deconvolution using a spatially variant, regularized Richardson-Lucy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Adrian Shajkofci , Michael Liebling

The point spread function reflects the state of an optical telescope and it is important for data post-processing methods design. For wide field small aperture telescopes, the point spread function is hard to model, because it is affected…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 Peng Jia , Xiyu Li , Zhengyang Li , Weinan Wang , Dongmei Cai

Galaxy imaging surveys observe a vast number of objects that are affected by the instrument's Point Spread Function (PSF). Weak lensing missions, in particular, aim at measuring the shape of galaxies, and PSF effects represent an important…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 T. Liaudat , J. Bonnin , J. -L. Starck , M. A. Schmitz , A. Guinot , M. Kilbinger , S. D. J. Gwyn

We have shown that the left side null space of the autoregression (AR) matrix operator is the lexicographical presentation of the point spread function (PSF) on condition the AR parameters are common for original and blurred images. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-06-19 Yu. A. Bunyak , O. Yu. Sofina , R. N. Kvetnyy

We provide a detailed exploration of the connection between choice of coaddition schemes and the point-spread function (PSF) of the resulting coadded images. In particular, we investigate what properties of the coaddition algorithm lead to…