Superresolution and convergence properties of the expectation-maximization algorithm for maximum-likelihood deconvolution of incoherent images

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2609-2619

  Conchello, José Angel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS;

EID: 0032186407     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002609     Document Type: Article

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