Resolution Enhancement in Coherent Diffraction Imaging Using High Dynamic Range Image

In a coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) system, the information of the sample is retrieved from the diffraction patterns recorded by the image sensor via multiple iterations. The limited dynamic range of the image sensor restricts the resolution of the reconstructed sample information. To alleviate...

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Main Authors: Yuanyuan Liu, Qingwen Liu, Shuangxiang Zhao, Wenchen Sun, Bingxin Xu, Zuyuan He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Photonics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/8/9/370
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Summary:In a coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) system, the information of the sample is retrieved from the diffraction patterns recorded by the image sensor via multiple iterations. The limited dynamic range of the image sensor restricts the resolution of the reconstructed sample information. To alleviate this problem, the high dynamic range imaging technology is adopted to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the diffraction patterns. A sequence of raw diffraction images with differently exposure time are recorded by the image sensor. Then, they are fused to generate a high quality diffraction pattern based on the response function of the image sensor. With the fused diffraction patterns, the resolution of the coherent diffraction imaging can be effectively improved. The experiments on USAF resolution card is carried out to verify the effectiveness of our proposed method, in which the spatial resolution is improved by 1.8 times using the high dynamic range imaging technology.
ISSN:2304-6732