Investigation of resolution of the stereoscopic 3D images

Evaluation of 3D images is an important part of 3D display developments. In this paper, we propose an evaluation method which can reflect the characteristics of the stereoscopic 3D images in the depth direction. Perception of the depth planes is verified using a subjective evaluation method. Resolution of the stereoscopic 3D images which represents the distribution of the 3D images in the depth direction quantitatively is calculated and analyzed.     

Increasing FTIR spectromicroscopy speed and resolution through compressive imaging

At the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, we are investigating how to increase both the speed and resolution of synchrotron infrared imaging. Synchrotron infrared beamlines have diffraction-limited spot sizes and high signal to noise, however spectral images must be obtained one point at a time and the spatial resolution is limited by the effects of diffraction. One technique to assist in speeding up spectral image acquisition is described here and uses compressive imaging algorithms. Compressive imaging can potentially attain resolutions higher than allowed by diffraction and/or can acquire spectral images without having to measure every spatial point individually thus increasing the speed of such maps. Here we present and discuss initial tests of compressive imaging techniques performed with ALS Beamline 1.4.3’s Nic-Plan infrared microscope, Beamline 1.4.4 Continuum XL IR microscope, and also with a stand-alone Nicolet Nexus 470 FTIR spectrometer.     

一种不同地面分辨率图像的拼接算法

航空遥感监测中变焦镜头的广泛应用以及飞行高度的变化会获得不同地面分辨率的航空影像,因此为了实时监控到飞行区域的整体情况,需要对不同地面分辨率的图像进行拼接。提出了针对不同地面分辨率图像进行拼接的方法。首先用四分法对图像进行分割,检测变化倍率,选择配准策略;然后用基于加速鲁棒性特征(Speeded-Up Robust Features,SURF)的算法对相邻图像进行拼接。获得了焦距变化从高倍过渡到低倍,或从低倍过渡到高倍的拼接图像。通过航空变焦模拟影像的拼接实验和地面变焦影像的拼接实验表明,该方法能够对不同地面分辨率的图像进行拼接,且拼接结果均以高分辨率为基准。     

数字图像消卷积在显微测量中的应用

研究了数字图像消卷积在显微测量中的应用。在测量系统点扩展函数的基础上,利用频谱空间变换消卷积图像处理方法,消除了传统光学显微成像中的几何不清晰度。通过对显微图像进行复原,实现了反射式一维线宽的显微精确测量。在医用接骨钢板表面质量的评价中,对10μm量级的划痕宽度实现了精确和方便的测量。该技术对相关计量技术的发展具有重要意义。     

遥感影像信息量与空间分辨率的关系研究

目前,关于影像信息量的研究大多是注重信息量的计算模型,很少涉及空间分辨率与信息量之间的定量关系。为了对不同空间分辨率的遥感影像进行定量化评定,以信息论和模糊数学为理论基础,信息熵为测度,通过计算不同空间分辨率水平的全色影像和多光谱影像的信息量,对信息量与空间分辨率的关系进行直接量化模拟。结果表明,影像信息量随着空间分辨率的降低呈指数降低,空间分辨率在原影像基础上每增加一倍,影像信息量相应增加3~5倍。     

Increment of lateral resolution in digital holography by speckle noise removal

Experimental features such as wavelength, camera specifications and reconstruction distance determine the theoretical limit for lateral resolution in digital holography. However, the actual experimental resolution limit is about 50% below such theoretical limit due to the high-contrast speckle noise presented in the reconstructed holograms. Recently, a technique has been introduced to reduce the contrast of speckle noise that is based on the superposition of uncorrelated hologram reconstructions of the same static object [5] (Garcia-Sucerquia et al., 2006). By this approach of reducing the contrast of the speckle noise, it is experimentally shown that an improvement of the order of 50% can be reached when 100 reconstructed images are superimposed.     

基于矩的不同地面分辨率红外图像的不变量分析

为了进一步提高匹配制导精度[5],从红外成像的基本原理出发,讨论了由于红外探测器在与目标不同距离上摄取的实时红外图像的地面分辨率的不同对统计不变矩特征不变性的影响,从理论上推导出了不同地面分辨率图像的6维不变矩特征向量,以及不变矩特征匹配制导中实时图像采集过程中弹目距离需要满足的关系,仿真实验部分验证了方法的正确性和可行性。     

改善轴向分辨率的光瞳滤波器

给出了一种新型滤波器,它即能提高系统的轴向分辨率又不影响其横向分辨率。利用这种滤波器不可以控制远场旁瓣强度的最大值与主瓣强度最大值之比（Ｍ）,从而获得较好的超分辨效果,还根据扩展结果分析了光瞳滤波器的中间区对轴向分辨率的影响。     

Mass resolution and ionization region within second-order compensation approach

Mass resolution and ionization region (Δx) was considered within the second-order compensation method for the time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The results estimated indicate that the resolution is proportional to inverse square root of Δx. From this behaviour, mass resolution with respect to Δx changes differently in the second-order compensation compared to the first-order compensation.     

ALIS: An efficient method to compute high spectral resolution polarized solar radiances using the Monte Carlo approach

An efficient method to compute accurate polarized solar radiance spectra using the (3D) Monte Carlo model MYSTIC has been developed. Such high resolution spectra are measured by various satellite instruments for remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases. ALIS (Absorption Lines Importance Sampling) allows the calculation of spectra by tracing photons at only one wavelength. In order to take into account the spectral dependence of the absorption coefficient a spectral absorption weight is calculated for each photon path. At each scattering event the local estimate method is combined with an importance sampling method to take into account the spectral dependence of the scattering coefficient. Since each wavelength grid point is computed based on the same set of random photon paths, the statistical error is almost same for all wavelengths and hence the simulated spectrum is not noisy. The statistical error mainly results in a small relative deviation which is independent of wavelength and can be neglected for those remote sensing applications, where differential absorption features are of interest.Two example applications are presented: The simulation of shortwave-infrared polarized spectra as measured by GOSAT from which CO₂ is retrieved, and the simulation of the differential optical thickness in the visible spectral range which is derived from SCIAMACHY measurements to retrieve NO₂. The computational speed of ALIS (for 1D or 3D atmospheres) is of the order of or even faster than that of one-dimensional discrete ordinate methods, in particular when polarization is considered.     

High spatial resolution shortwave infrared imaging technology based on time delay and digital accumulation method

Shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging technology attracts more and more attention by its fascinating ability of penetrating haze and smoke. For application of spaceborne remote sensing, spatial resolution of SWIR is lower compared with that of visible light (VIS) wavelength. It is difficult to balance between the spatial resolution and signal to noise ratio (SNR). Some conventional methods, such as enlarging aperture of telescope, image motion compensation, and analog time delay and integration (TDI) technology are used to gain SNR. These techniques bring in higher cost of satellite, complexity of system or other negative factors. In this paper, time delay and digital accumulation (TDDA) method is proposed to achieve higher spatial resolution. The method can enhance the SNR and non-uniformity of system theoretically. A prototype of SWIR imager consists of opto-mechanical, 1024 × 128 InGaAs detector, and electronics is designed and integrated to prove TDDA method. Both of measurements and experimental results indicate TDDA method can promote SNR of system approximated of the square root of accumulative stage. The results exhibit that non-uniformity of system is also improved by this approach to some extent. The experiment results are corresponded with the theoretical analysis. Based on the experiments results, it is proved firstly that the goal of 1 m ground sample distance (GSD) in orbit of 500 km is feasible with the TDDA stage of 30 for SWIR waveband (0.9–1.7 μm).     

利用作用深度信息提高正电子断层成像仪分辨率一致性

获取作用深度信息是设计小动物正电子断层成像仪的关键技术之一.我们利用新设计的含有作用深度信息的探测器，从模拟与实验两个方面观测了作用深度信息对于分辨率一致性的影响.结果表明：在γ射线垂直入射时，深度编码探测器和一般的无深度检出机能的探测器，均获得了高分辨率，而γ射线斜入射时，深度编码探测器与一般的探测器相比能提供更好的空间分辨率. 关键词： 作用深度 空间分辨率 正电子断层成像仪     

基于双阈值Huber范数估计的图像正则化超分辨率算法

多帧图像超分辨率算法利用图像间的互补信息, 可以从一系列具有亚像素位移的低分辨率影像数据中重建出高分辨率图像. 在众多超分辨率算法中, 正则化方法以其求解病态问题的有效性而被广泛应用, 但在此类方法中, 最优估计算子的估计准确度对最后的重建结果有着较大的影响. 本文在现有正则化超分辨率重建算法的基础上, 提出了一种基于双阈值Huber范数的极大似然估计算子, 可以提高Huber范数对于阈值取值的容忍性和算子估计精度; 并给出了基于该算子的正则化超分辨率算法的迭代公式. 通过对仿真图像进行重建, 结果表明算法可有效地抑制各种噪声并保证重建效果; 同时将此算法应用于实际图像的超分辨率重建, 有效地提高了目标影像的空间分辨率. 关键词： 图像处理 图像重建 超分辨率 正则化     

Improving information content of images of vegetation objects using spectral data

We propose a calculation procedure for obtaining multispectral images in remote sensing of vegetation objects in the spectral range 400–1000 nm, based on three-channel spectral zonal images and reference spectra measured at several points of the recorded scene. The procedure makes it possible to improve the information content of the data for solving various thematic classification problems. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 5, pp. 670–676, September–October, 2007.     

High resolution digital holographic microscopy for the study of aggregated natural cellulose nanowhisker fibers

In this paper, digital holographic (DH) microscopy demonstrates its ability to perform a full characterization of nanofibers. The high resolution and magnification of the presented method to study the nanofibers are tested using standard MIL-STD-150A 1951 USAF resolution test target. In this investigation, aggregated natural cellulose nanowhisker fibers are positioned in the front of the microscopic objective using a 3D translation stage in the object arm of DH setup. The recorded off-axis holograms are refocused using the angular spectrum method. The reconstructed complex field is used to calculate optical phase and intensity distributions of the object at different reconstruction depths. A simple algorithm is used to define the focused image with suitable accuracy. The dimensions and orientation of the fibers can be evaluated from the optical field at different depths. Then, the shape and textures along the aggregated natural cellulose nanowhisker fiber can be presented in a 3D space.     

基于涡旋光照明的暗场数字全息显微方法研究

提出了一种基于涡旋光照明的暗场数字全息显微方法. 从理论上阐述了涡旋光环形照明原理和暗场数字全息显微原理, 分析了涡旋光的准无衍射特性对成像的影响; 搭建了相应的数字全息显微成像系统, 采用690 nm的聚苯乙烯小球作为实验样品; 最后通过对小球明暗场下数字全息显微再现像的分析对比, 证明该方法可以有效地提高数字全息系统的分辨率, 同时增强了再现像的对比度. 关键词： 全息 暗场数字全息显微 涡旋光 分辨率     

High resolution digital holography

In digital Fresnel holography, present specifications of charge-coupled device cameras require the incident beams to be quasi-parallel. That implies large speckle grain size and low lateral resolution in reconstructed images. Better lateral resolutions are demonstrated in our work, down to 8 μm, allowing the observation of sub-millimetre objects by digital holography. The experimental set-up built samples the incident light distribution with a definition of 500 pixels mm⁻¹. The maximum acceptable angle is then widened and the hologram recording and reconstruction distances are drastically reduced, as well as the speckle size. Interferometric holography was implemented for the measurement of the deformation of a sub-millimetre silicon cantilever and results in phase-contrasts imaging are also reported. The design of dedicated complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor active pixel sensor cameras is also discussed.     

高谱分辨X光能谱诊断技术

 采用国内首次研制出的2 000线/mm的自支撑透射光栅配上背照射软X光CCD(charge coupled device)组成了高谱分辨透射光栅谱仪。通过实验标定和理论模型计算相结合得到了高线对透射光栅的绝对衍射效率；同时建立了透射光栅谱仪测谱解谱方法，编制了相应的解谱程序。在“神光”激光装置上利用该谱仪通过激光打靶实验获得了金腔靶注入口发射的X光能谱定量实验结果，实验结果表明，该谱仪测谱范围在高能区达到6 000eV,谱分辨达到0.1nm，能够清晰地分辨金等离子体M带三峰分布X光谱结构。     

A super-high resolution frequency standard measuring approach based on phase coincidence characteristics between signals

A method for super high resolution comparison measurement is proposed in this paper with a comparison between the frequency standards of different nominal frequencies, which is based on phase coincidence detection of the two compared signals. It utilizes the regular phase shift characteristics between the signals. The resolution of the measurement approach can reach 10-13/s at 5 MHz, and the self-calibration resolution can achieve 10-14/s in the comparison between 10 MHz and 100 MHz, or even can reach 10-15/s in the comparison between 10 MHz and 190 MHz. This method implies significant progress in the development of the high precision frequency standard comparison technology.     

High resolution fourier transform spectroscopy using infrared synchrotron radiation: I. Instrumentation

A compact high resolution (.002 cm^–1) vacuum Fourier transform spectrometer for use with far infrared synchrotron radiation was constructed at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The spectrometer may be operated using a gas cell of path length of 2 m and a He cooled bolometer with NEP of 10^–13. The pure rotational spectrum of Ammonia was used to test the spectrometer.