Information Theoretic Studies of Image Formation Detection and Processing

Abstract

The attached document is the final report for AFOSR grant no. F49620-01-1-0321. The originally proposed tasks were addressed more or less completely in the course of the funded work. The following research milestones were reached: 1) The statistical information content of prior knowledge in the form of support was assessed theoretically and via simulation of speckle interferometric imaging; 2) A comparison of blind deconvolution techniques using Shannon mutual information; 3) A Fisher information based study of phase-diversity speckle method, including the optimal choice and strength of diversity phase in the second channel; 4) A Fisher information based optimization of wavefront encoded imaging systems; 5) The use of successfully transmitted statistical information as a performance metric for stopping iterative image restoration algorithms like the Richardson-Lucy algorithm; 6) Clarification of the fundamental nature of Fisher information; and 7) A derivation of sum rules that connect information in the physical and Fourier domains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA426751

Entities

People

  • Sudhakar Prasad

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Image Processing
  • Image Restoration
  • Images
  • Information Processing
  • Information Theory
  • Law
  • Optical Images
  • Optimization
  • Signal Processing
  • Spearography
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Data

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  • Statistical inference.