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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

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

In this work, we present a novel centroiding method based on Fourier space Phase Fitting(FPF) for Point Spread Function(PSF) reconstruction. We generate two sets of simulations to test our method. The first set is generated by GalSim with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-12 Tianhuan Lu , Wentao Luo , Jun Zhang , Jiajun Zhang , Hekun Li , Fuyu Dong , Yingke Li , Dezi Liu , Liping Fu , Guoliang Li , Zuhui Fan

Point spread function (PSF) plays an essential role in image reconstruction. In the context of confocal microscopy, optical performance degrades towards the edge of the field of view as astigmatism, coma and vignetting. Thus, one should…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Anna Jezierska , Hugues Talbot , Jean-Christophe Pesquet , Gilbert Engler

Ground based optical telescopes are seriously affected by atmospheric turbulence induced aberrations. Understanding properties of these aberrations is important both for instruments design and image restoration methods development. Because…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 Peng Jia , Xuebo Wu , Yi Huang , Bojun Cai , Dongmei Cai

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

We propose a solution to the image deconvolution problem where the convolution kernel or point spread function (PSF) is assumed to be only partially known. Small perturbations generated from the model are exploited to produce a few…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-06-04 Se Un Park , Nicolas Dobigeon , Alfred O. Hero

We describe a rapid and direct method for regularizing, post-facto, the point-spread function (PSF) of a telescope or other imaging instrument, across its entire field of view. Imaging instruments in general blur point sources of light by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-20 J. M. Hughes , C. E. DeForest , D. B. Seaton

We present extended point spread function (PSF) models for the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program Public Data Release 3 (HSC-SSP PDR3) in all $\textit{g,r,i,Z}$ and $\textit{Y}$-bands. Due to its 8.2m primary mirror and long…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-17 L. P. Garate-Nuñez , A. S. G. Robotham , S. Bellstedt , L. J. M. Davies , C. Martínez-Lombilla

Metal-dielectric layered stacks for imaging with sub-wavelength resolution are regarded as linear isoplanatic systems - a concept popular in Fourier Optics and in scalar diffraction theory. In this context, a layered flat lens is a…

Optics · Physics 2010-09-21 Rafal Kotynski

Deep-learning (DL)-based image deconvolution (ID) has exhibited remarkable recovery performance, surpassing traditional linear methods. However, unlike traditional ID approaches that rely on analytical properties of the point spread…

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Neural surface reconstruction methods typically treat camera poses as fixed values, assuming perfect accuracy from Structure-from-Motion (SfM) systems. This assumption breaks down with imperfect pose estimates, leading to distorted or…

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Phase aberration is an inherent side effect of ultrasound imaging due to the speed of sound inhomogeneity nature of human tissues, resulting in focusing error and reduced image contrast. This work introduces a phase aberration correction…

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The Fisher information theory sets a fundamental bound on the minimum measurement error achievable from independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) measurement events. The assumption of identical and independent distribution often…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-09 S. Kim , J. Stohr , B. S. Ham

Fourier ptychography (FP) is a newly developed computational imaging approach that achieves both high resolution and wide field of view by stitching a series of low-resolution images captured under angle-varied illumination. So far, many…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-20 Yongbing Zhang , Yangzhe Liu , Xiu Li , Shaowei Jiang , Krishna Dixit , Xinfeng Zhang , Xiangyang Ji

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

With the arrival of the next generation of ultra-deep optical imaging surveys reaching $\mu_V$$\sim$30 mag/arcsec$^2$ (3$\sigma$; 10"$\times$10"), the removal of scattered light due to the point spread function (PSF) effect remains a…

The Mid Infra Red Instrument (MIRI) is one of the four instruments onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), providing imaging, coronagraphy and spectroscopy over the 5-28 microns band. To verify the optical performance of the…

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

Recently introduced angular-memory-effect based techniques enable non-invasive imaging of objects hidden behind thin scattering layers. However, both the speckle-correlation and the bispectrum analysis are based on the statistical average…

Optics · Physics 2017-11-22 Tengfei Wu , Jonathan Dong , Xiaopeng Shao , Sylvain Gigan