9 March 2024 Single-shot super-resolution and non-uniformity correction through wavefront modulation in infrared imaging systems
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Abstract

Infrared (IR) imaging systems have sensor and optical limitations that result in degraded imagery. Apart from imperfect optics and the finite detector size being responsible for introducing blurring and aliasing, the detector fixed-pattern noise also adds a significant layer of degradation in the collected imagery. Here, we propose a single-shot super-resolution method that compensates for the nonuniformity noise of long-wave IR imaging systems. The strategy combines wavefront modulation and a reconstruction methodology based on total variation and nonlocal means regularizers to recover high-spatial frequencies while reducing noise. In simulations and experiments, we demonstrate a clear improvement of up to 16× in image resolution while significantly decreasing the fixed-pattern noise in the reconstructed images.

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Guillermo Machuca, Pablo Meza, and Esteban Vera "Single-shot super-resolution and non-uniformity correction through wavefront modulation in infrared imaging systems," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 18(2), 022205 (9 March 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.18.022205
Received: 31 October 2023; Accepted: 22 February 2024; Published: 9 March 2024
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KEYWORDS
Infrared imaging

Lawrencium

Imaging systems

Super resolution

Image analysis

Image restoration

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