The non-parametric sub-pixel local point spread function estimation is a well posed problem

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-194

  Delbracio, Mauricio ^a,b   Musé, Pablo ^b   Almansa, Andrés ^c   Morel, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

Author keywords

Aliasing; Camera quality assessment; Image blur; Inverse problems; Modulated transfer function; Point spread function; Subpixel convolution kernel estimation

Indexed keywords

ALIASING; IMAGE BLUR; MODULATED TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; SUB PIXELS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84856508010     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: 15731405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-011-0460-0     Document Type: Article

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