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Single Shot 3D Incoherent Imaging Using Deterministic and Random Optical Fields with Lucy-Richardson-Rosen Algorithm

Version 1 : Received: 2 August 2023 / Approved: 2 August 2023 / Online: 3 August 2023 (08:26:01 CEST)

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Ignatius Xavier, A.P.; Arockiaraj, F.G.; Gopinath, S.; John Francis Rajeswary, A.S.; Reddy, A.N.K.; Ganeev, R.A.; Singh, M.S.A.; Tania, S.D.M.; Anand, V. Single-Shot 3D Incoherent Imaging Using Deterministic and Random Optical Fields with Lucy–Richardson–Rosen Algorithm. Photonics 2023, 10, 987. Ignatius Xavier, A.P.; Arockiaraj, F.G.; Gopinath, S.; John Francis Rajeswary, A.S.; Reddy, A.N.K.; Ganeev, R.A.; Singh, M.S.A.; Tania, S.D.M.; Anand, V. Single-Shot 3D Incoherent Imaging Using Deterministic and Random Optical Fields with Lucy–Richardson–Rosen Algorithm. Photonics 2023, 10, 987.

Abstract

Coded aperture 3D imaging techniques have been rapidly evolving in the recent years. The two main directions of evolution are in aperture engineering to generate the optimal optical field and in development of computational reconstruction to reconstruct the object’s image from the intensity distribution with a minimal noise. The goal is to find the ideal aperture-reconstruction method pair and if not, to optimize one to match the other for designing an imaging system with required 3D imaging characteristics. Lucy-Richardson-Rosen algorithm (LR2A), a recently developed computational reconstruction method was found to perform better than its predecessors such as matched filter, Weiner filter, phase-only filter, Lucy-Richardson algorithm and non-linear reconstruction (NLR) for certain apertures when the point spread function (PSF) is a real and symmetric function. For other cases of PSF, NLR performed better than the rest of the methods. In this tutorial, LR2A has been presented as a generalized approach for any optical field along with MATLAB codes for reconstruction of any image when the PSF is known. The common problems and pitfalls in using LR2A has been discussed. Simulation and experimental studies for common optical fields such as spherical, Bessel, vortex beams and exotic optical fields such as Airy, scattered and self-rotating beams have been presented. From this study, it can be seen that it is possible to transfer the 3D imaging characteristics from non-imaging type exotic fields to indirect imaging systems faithfully using LR2A. The application of LR2A to medical images such as colonoscopy images and cone beam computed tomography images with synthetic PSF has been demonstrated. We believe that the tutorial will provide a deeper understanding of computational reconstruction using LR2A.

Keywords

coded aperture imaging; Lucy-Richardson-Rosen algorithm; computational imaging; digital ho-lography; diffractive optics; microscopy

Subject

Physical Sciences, Optics and Photonics

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