Three-dimensional superresolution by three-zone complex pupil filters

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

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 272-277

  Yun, Maojin ^a   Liu, Liren ^a   Sun, Jianfeng ^a   Liu, De'an ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FILTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPLEX PUPIL FILTERS; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; STREHL RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL SUPERRESOLUTION;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 13644252635     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000272     Document Type: Article

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