Capabilities and limitations of pupil-plane filters for superresolution and image enhancement

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4150-4156

  Davis, Brynmor J ^a   Karl, William C ^a   Swan, Anna K ^a   Ünlü, M Selim ^a   Goldberg, Bennett B ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); PUPIL-PLANE FILTERS; SUPERRESOLUTION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 4644233568     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004150     Document Type: Article

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