scholarly journals The Information of Images and Its Dependence on Noise and Spatial Resolution

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 249-255
Author(s):  
Peter M.W. Kalberla

Radioastronomical observations are often incomplete in the sense that either the angular resolution desired or the signal-to-noise ratio required are not adequate. Attempts to fill in the missing information by either smoothing or deconvolving the observed data date back to Bracewell (1956, 1958). More recently the need for more sophisticated restoration procedures has increased since observations with radioastronomical interferometers frequently suffer from incomplete coverage of the u – v plane. Procedures like CLEAN (Högbom 1974, Schwarz 1978) and MEM (Wernecke 1977, Gull and Daniell 1978) have been developed to interpolate the unknown data in the u – v plane.

Author(s):  
Timur Gureyev ◽  
David M. Paganin ◽  
Alex Kozlov ◽  
Harry Quiney

2002 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim M. Wild ◽  
Martyn N.J. Paley ◽  
Magalie Viallon ◽  
Wolfgang G. Schreiber ◽  
Edwin J.R. van Beek ◽  
...  

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 2598
Author(s):  
Min Kim ◽  
Jinhyoung Park ◽  
Qifa Zhou ◽  
Koping Shung

In this article, an approach to designing and developing an ultrahigh frequency (≤600 MHz) ultrasound analog frontend with Golay coded excitation sequence for high resolution imaging applications is presented. For the purpose of visualizing specific structures or measuring functional responses of micron-sized biological samples, a higher frequency ultrasound is needed to obtain a decent spatial resolution while it lowers the signal-to-noise ratio, the difference in decibels between the signal level and the background noise level, due to the higher attenuation coefficient. In order to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio, conventional approach was to increase the transmit voltage level. However, it may cause damaging the extremely thin piezoelectric material in the ultrahigh frequency range. In this paper, we present a novel design of ultrahigh frequency (≤600 MHz) frontend system capable of performing pseudo Golay coded excitation by configuring four independently operating pulse generators in parallel and the consecutive delayed transmission from each channel. Compared with the conventional monocycle pulse approach, the signal-to-noise ratio of the proposed approach was improved by 7–9 dB without compromising the spatial resolution. The measured axial and lateral resolutions of wire targets were 16.4 µm and 10.6 µm by using 156 MHz 4 bit pseudo Golay coded excitation, respectively and 4.5 µm and 7.7 µm by using 312 MHz 4 bit pseudo Golay coded excitation, respectively.


1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Bolotin ◽  
I. N. Burdonsky ◽  
V. V. Gavrilov ◽  
A. Yu. Gol'tsov ◽  
E. V. Zhuzhukalo ◽  
...  

The article reviews experiments on flash X radiography of laser-accelerated foils. The spatial resolution, sensitivity, spectral range, and signal-to-noise ratio of measurements were carefully optimized and characterized. The method was used at the Mishen facility to measure a distribution of mass ablative rate across the focal spot and for observation of the transverse plasma flows during the drive laser pulse.


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao-Liang Chen ◽  
Yu-Jen Lin ◽  
Sung-Han Lin ◽  
Chih-Chien Tsai ◽  
Yu-Chun Lin ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faouzi Kallel ◽  
Jonathan Ophir

A least-squares strain estimator (LSQSE) for elastography is proposed. It is shown that with such an estimator, the signal-to-noise ratio in an elastogram ( SNRe) is significantly improved. This improvement is illustrated theoretically using a modified strain filter and experimentally using a homogeneous gel phantom. It is demonstrated that the LSQSE results in an increase of the elastographic sensitivity (smallest strain that could be detected), thereby increasing the strain dynamic range. Using simulated data, it is shown that a tradeoff exists between the improvement in SNRe and the reduction of strain contrast and spatial resolution.


2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 1505-1509
Author(s):  
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CIRO BIGONGIARI

The ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope has been completed in May 2008 and is now taking data continuously. Thanks to its very good angular resolution (better than 0.3° for neutrinos with energy above 10 TeV) ANTARES is especially suited for the search of astrophysical point-like sources of high energy neutrinos. Data taken with a limited detector (5 out of 12 lines) between January and December 2007 have been analyzed to look for a possible neutrino excess from a list of prospective neutrino sources. In the case of transient sources, like GRBs, the short duration of the expected neutrino signal can be exploited to enhance the signal to noise ratio. ANTARES strategy for both steady and transient point-like sources is discussed. The methodology adopted and the results obtained are shown.


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