Sparse representations and convex optimization as tools for LOFAR radio interferometric imaging

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Girard, J N ^a   Garsden, H ^b   Starck, J L ^a   Corbel, S ^a   Woiselle, A ^c   Tasse, C ^d   McKean, J P ^e   Bobin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e ASTRON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; COMPRESSED SENSING; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; INTERFEROMETRY;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; CLASSICAL IMAGING; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION METHODS; FORWARD-BACKWARD SPLITTING ALGORITHM; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING; SPARSE REPRESENTATION; SUPER RESOLUTION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 84940834505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/10/08/C08013     Document Type: Article

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