Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1998
Publication Source
Optical Engineering
Abstract
Some imaging systems employ detector arrays that are not sufficiently dense to meet the Nyquist criterion during image acquisition. This is particularly true for many staring infrared imagers. Thus, the full resolution afforded by the optics is not being realized in such a system. This paper presents a technique for estimating a high-resolution image, with reduced aliasing, from a sequence of undersampled rotated and translationally shifted frames. Such an image sequence can be obtained if an imager is mounted on a moving platform, such as an aircraft. Several approaches to this type of problem have been proposed in the literature. Here we extend some of this previous work. In particular, we define an observation model that incorporates knowledge of the optical system and detector array. The high-resolution image estimate is formed by minimizing a regularized cost function based on the observation model. We show that with the proper choice of a tuning parameter, our algorithm exhibits robustness in the presence of noise. We consider both gradient descent and conjugate-gradient optimization procedures to minimize the cost function. Detailed experimental results are provided to illustrate the performance of the proposed algorithm using digital video from an infrared imager.
Inclusive pages
247–260
ISBN/ISSN
0091-3286
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 1998, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
Publisher
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Volume
37
Peer Reviewed
yes
Issue
1
Keywords
high resolution, image reconstruction, aliasing, infrared, Nyquist, minimization.
eCommons Citation
Hardie, Russell C.; Barnard, Kenneth J.; Bognar, John G.; Armstrong, Ernest E.; and Watson, Edward A., "High-Resolution Image Reconstruction from a Sequence of Rotated and Translated Frames and its Application to an Infrared Imaging System" (1998). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 8.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ece_fac_pub/8
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Optics Commons, Other Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Other Physics Commons, Signal Processing Commons
Comments
Note: Paper was the winner of the 1998 Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize for the most noteworthy original paper to appear in Optical Engineering in 1998.