Neural network based image reconstruction with astrophysical priors

R. Claes; J. Kluska; H. Van Winckel; M. Min

doi:10.1117/12.2576321

13 December 2020 Neural network based image reconstruction with astrophysical priors

R. Claes, J. Kluska, H. Van Winckel, M. Min

Proceedings Volume 11446, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII; 114461U (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576321
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

With the advent of interferometric instruments with 4 telescopes at the VLTI and 6 telescopes at CHARA, the scientific possibility arose to routinely obtain milli-arcsecond scale images of the observed targets. Such an image reconstruction process is typically performed in a Bayesian framework where the function to minimize is made of two terms: the data likelihood and the Bayesian prior. This prior should be based on our prior knowledge of the observed source. Up to now, this prior was chosen from a set of generic and arbitrary functions, such as total variation for example. Here, we present an image reconstruction framework using generative adversarial networks where the Bayesian prior is defined using state-of- the-art radiative transfer models of the targeted objects. We validate this new image reconstruction algorithm on synthetic data with added noise. The generated images display a drastic reduction of artefacts and allow a more straightforward astrophysical interpretation. The results can be seen as a first illustration of how neural networks can provide significant improvements to the image reconstruction post processing of a variety of astrophysical sources.

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R. Claes, J. Kluska, H. Van Winckel, and M. Min "Neural network based image reconstruction with astrophysical priors", Proc. SPIE 11446, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII, 114461U (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576321

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