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Point-spread function of the probe forming optics ($PSF_{optics} $) is reported for the first time in an uncorrected (without multipole correctors) scanning electron microscope (SEM). In an SEM, the electron probe information is lost as the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-07-02 Surya Kamal , Richard K. Hailstone

We examined the anisotropic point spread function (PSF) of Suprime-Cam data utilizing dense star field data. We decomposed the PSF ellipticities into three components, the optical aberration, atmospheric turbulence, and chip-misalignment in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Takashi Hamana , Satoshi Miyazaki , Yuki Okura , Tomohiro Okamura , Toshifumi Futamase

Accurately estimating the point spread function (PSF) of an optical system requires solving free-space wave propagation, which entails evaluating a diffraction integral. This integral is traditionally computed numerically using Fast Fourier…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Nicholas Ganino , Qi Guo

Accurate blur estimation is essential for high-performance imaging across various applications. Blur is typically represented by the point spread function (PSF). In this paper, we propose a physics-informed PSF learning framework for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Liqun Chen , Yuxuan Li , Jun Dai , Jinwei Gu , Tianfan Xue

The knowledge of the exact structure of the optical system PSF enables a high-quality image reconstruction in fluorescence microscopy. Accurate PSF models account for the vector nature of light and the phase and amplitude modifications.…

Ultrasound imaging systems rely on accurate point spread function (PSF) estimation to support advanced image quality enhancement techniques such as deconvolution and speckle reduction. Phase aberration, caused by sound speed inhomogeneity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-24 Wei-Hsiang Shen , Yu-An Lin , Meng-Lin Li

In this work, we study the conditions under which fluorescent beads can be used to emulate single fluorescent molecules in the calibration of optical microscopes. Although beads are widely used due to their brightness and easy manipulation,…

The point spread function (PSF) serves as a fundamental descriptor linking the real-world scene to the captured signal, manifesting as camera blur. Accurate PSF estimation is crucial for both optical characterization and computational…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Jiajian He , Enjie Hu , Shiqi Chen , Tianchen Qiu , Huajun Feng , Zhihai Xu , Yueting Chen

In a previous work we have demonstrated a novel numerical model for the point spread function (PSF) of an optical system that can efficiently model both experimental measurements and lens design simulations of the PSF. The novelty lies in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-25 Matthias Lehmann , Christian Wittpahl , Hatem Ben Zakour , Alexander Braun

Instrumental aberrations strongly limit high-contrast imaging of exoplanets, especially when they produce quasistatic speckles in the science images. With the help of recent advances in deep learning, we have developed in previous works an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-14 Maxime Quesnel , Gilles Orban de Xivry , Olivier Absil , Gilles Louppe

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…

Point-spread-function (PSF) engineering is a powerful computational imaging techniques wherein a custom phase mask is integrated into an optical system to encode additional information into captured images. Used in combination with deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Sachin Shah , Sakshum Kulshrestha , Christopher A. Metzler

The first step toward doing high-precision astrometry is the measurement of individual stars in individual images, a step that is fraught with dangers when the images are undersampled. The key to avoiding systematic positional error in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-05 Jay Anderson , Ivan R. King

A point spread function (PSF) describes the distribution of light for a pure point source in an astronomical image due to the optics of the instrument. An accurate PSF is key for deconvolution, point source photometry and source removal.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-28 Ava Polzin

We introduce a novel framework for upsampled Point Spread Function (PSF) modeling using pixel-level Bayesian inference. Accurate PSF characterization is critical for precision measurements in many fields including: weak lensing, astrometry,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Connor Stone , Ronan Legin , Alexandre Adam , Nikolay Malkin , Gabriel Missael Barco , Laurence Perreaul-Levasseur , Yashar Hezaveh

An undersampled point spread function may interact with the microstructure of a solid-state detector such that the total flux detected can depend sensitively on where the PSF center falls within a pixel. Such intra-pixel sensitivity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tod R. Lauer

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

We present a method of centroiding undersampled point spread functions (PSFs) that may be useful, especially when dithering is not an option. If the profile of the expected PSF is known fairly well through characterization of the telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 Kevin J. Ludwick , Ashley Mazingo

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

We present the implementation and use of algorithms for matching point-spread functions (PSFs) within the Pan-STARRS Image Processing Pipeline (IPP). PSF-matching is an essential part of the IPP for the detection of supernovae and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Paul A. Price , Eugene A. Magnier