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Point-spread function (PSF) estimation in spatially undersampled images is challenging because large pixels average fine-scale spatial information. This is problematic when fine-resolution details are necessary, as in optimal photometry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 Teresa Symons , Michael Zemcov , James Bock , Yun-Ting Cheng , Brendan Crill , Christopher Hirata , Stephanie Venuto

Accurate modelling of the effective point spread function (ePSF) is essential for high-precision photometry and astrometry, particularly in undersampled imaging regimes. In this work, we build on a well-established ePSF modelling framework…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Emma Godden , Katherine M. Blundell

Modeling the Point Spread Function (PSF) of wide-field surveys is vital for many astrophysical applications and cosmological probes including weak gravitational lensing. The PSF smears the image of any recorded object and therefore needs to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-26 Jörg Herbel , Tomasz Kacprzak , Adam Amara , Alexandre Refregier , Aurelien Lucchi

Rotating-PSF imaging via spiral phase engineering can localize point sources over large focal depths in a snapshot mode. This letter presents a full vector-field analysis of the rotating-PSF imager that quantifies the PSF signature of the…

Optics · Physics 2014-12-22 Zhixian Yu , Sudhakar Prasad

X-ray cone-beam computed tomography (CT) has the notable features such as high efficiency and precision, and is widely used in the fields of medical imaging and industrial non-destructive testing, but the inherent imaging degradation…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-19 Hua Zhang , Kuidong Huang , Yikai Shi , Zhe Xu

In astronomy, upcoming space telescopes with wide-field optical instruments have a spatially varying point spread function (PSF). Specific scientific goals require a high-fidelity estimation of the PSF at target positions where no direct…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 Tobias Liaudat , Jean-Luc Starck , Martin Kilbinger , Pierre-Antoine Frugier

Localization microscopy enables imaging with resolutions that surpass the conventional optical diffraction limit. Notably, the MINFLUX method achieves super-resolution by shaping the excitation point-spread function (PSF) to minimize the…

A novel method for generating coded mask patterns based on Gaussian random fields (GRF) is proposed. In contrast to traditional algorithms based on cyclic difference sets, it is possible to construct mask patterns that encode a predefined…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bjoern Malte Schaefer

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…

The accuracy in the photometry of a point source depends on the point-spread function (PSF), detector pixelization, and observing strategy. The PSF and pixel response describe the spatial blurring of the source, the pixel scale describes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-02 Johan Samsing , Alex G. Kim

We propose DistSurf-OF, a novel optical flow method for neuromorphic cameras. Neuromorphic cameras (or event detection cameras) are an emerging sensor modality that makes use of dynamic vision sensors (DVS) to report asynchronously the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-31 Mohammed Almatrafi , Raymond Baldwin , Kiyoharu Aizawa , Keigo Hirakawa

Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy is currently among the most powerful techniques available for achieving high-sensitivity single-particle localization. This capability is realized through homodyne detection, where interference…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-08 Nathan J. Brooks , Chih-Chen Liu , Chia-Lung Hsieh

We present a new algorithm for estimating the Point Spread Function (PSF) in wide-field astronomical images with extreme source crowding. Robust and accurate PSF estimation in crowded astronomical images dramatically improves the fidelity…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Brendt Wohlberg , Przemek Wozniak

Mask-based lensless cameras offer a novel design for imaging systems by replacing the lens in a conventional camera with a layer of coded mask. Each pixel of the lensless camera encodes the information of the entire 3D scene. Existing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-23 Yucheng Zheng , M. Salman Asif

Object pose tracking is one of the pivotal technologies in multimedia, attracting ever-growing attention in recent years. Existing methods employing traditional cameras encounter numerous challenges such as motion blur, sensor noise,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Zibin Liu , Banglei Guan , Yang Shang , Shunkun Liang , Zhenbao Yu , Qifeng Yu

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 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

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

This paper tackles the optimization of the point spread function (PSF) of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-borne multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) tomography systems. A swarm of UAV-borne SAR systems is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-27 Pouya Fakharizadeh , Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri , Gerhard Krieger , Robert Schober

The point-spread function (PSF) of an adaptive optics (AO) system is often poorly known. This ignorance can lead to significant systematic errors in photometry. Since the degree of AO correction is sensitive to the observing conditions:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Christopher D. Sheehy , Nate McCrady , James R. Graham