A method for correcting radial distortion based on verifying the planarity of specimens

Image distortion is inevitable when an image is captured through a lens. While the digital image measurement technique is getting popular, image distortion problem can result in significant error. A new distortion correction method is proposed in this study. The proposed method is based on the fact that a flat surface should keep flat when it is measured using three-dimensional (3D) digital image measurement technique. The 3D digital image measurement technique adopted in this research is the simplified 3D digital image correlation (DIC) method. Because radial distortion has a more noticeable influence than other types of distortions, this method deals only with radial distortion. A few experiments are carried out in this study to verify the correctness of this method and its accuracy. Both simulated data and actual image data are adopted in these experiments. The results show that this method can achieve a good accuracy. The standard deviations caused by random errors are about the same order as the random errors. It also shows that this method is suitable for both large and small distortion conditions.     

Flexible structured-light-based three-dimensional profile reconstruction method considering lens projection-imaging distortion

Structured-light profilometry is a powerful tool to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) profile of an object. Accurate profile acquisition is often hindered by not only the nonlinear response (i.e., gamma effect) of electronic devices but also the projection-imaging distortion of lens used in the system. In this paper, a flexible 3D profile reconstruction method based on a nonlinear iterative optimization is proposed to correct the errors caused by the lens distortion. It can be easily extended to measurements for which a more complex projection-imaging distortion model is required. Experimental work shows that the root-mean-square (RMS) error is reduced by eight times and highly accurate results with errors of less than 1‰ can be achieved by the proposed method.     

Estimating three-dimensional vehicle motion in an outdoor scene using stereo image sequences

We propose a motion estimation system that uses stereo image pairs as the input data. To perform experimental work, we also obtain a sequence of outdoor stereo images taken by two metric cameras. The system consists of four main stages, which are (1) determination of point correspondences on the stereo images, (2) correction of distortions in image coordinates, (3) derivation of 3D point coordinates from 2D correspondences, and (4) estimation of motion parameters based on 3D point correspondences. For the first stage of the system, we use a four-way matching algorithm to obtain matched point on two stereo image pairs at two consecutive time instants (t_i and t_{i + 1}). Since the input data are stereo images taken by cameras, it has two types of distortions, which are (i) film distortion and (ii) lens distortion. These two distortions must be corrected before any process can be applied on the matched points. To accomplish this goal, we use (i) bilinear transform for film distortion correction and (ii) lens formulas for lens distortion correction. After correcting the distortions, the results are 2D coordinates of each matched point that can be used to derive 3D coordinates. However, due to data noise, the calculated 3D coordinates to not usually represent a consistent rigid structure that is suitable for motion estimation; therefore, we suggest a procedure to select good 3D point sets as the input for motion estimation. The procedure exploits two constraints, rigidity between different time instants and uniform point distribution across the object on the image. For the last stage, we use an algorithm to estimate the motion parameters. We also wish to know what is the effect of quantization error on the estimated results; therefore an error analysis based on quantization error is performed on the estimated motion parameters. In order to test our system, eight sets of stereo image pairs are extracted from an outdoor stereo image sequence and used as the input data. The experimental results indicate that the proposed system does provide reasonable estimated motion parameters.     

Back to the bones: do muscle area assessment techniques predict functional evolution across a macroevolutionary radiation?

Measures of attachment or accommodation area on the skeleton are a popular means of rapidly generating estimates of muscle proportions and functional performance for use in large-scale macroevolutionary studies. Herein, we provide the first evaluation of the accuracy of these muscle area assessment (MAA) techniques for estimating muscle proportions, force outputs and bone loading in a comparative macroevolutionary context using the rodent masticatory system as a case study. We find that MAA approaches perform poorly, yielding large absolute errors in muscle properties, bite force and particularly bone stress. Perhaps more fundamentally, these methods regularly fail to correctly capture many qualitative differences between rodent morphotypes, particularly in stress patterns in finite-element models. Our findings cast doubts on the validity of these approaches as means to provide input data for biomechanical models applied to understand functional transitions in the fossil record, and perhaps even in taxon-rich statistical models that examine broad-scale macroevolutionary patterns. We suggest that future work should go back to the bones to test if correlations between attachment area and muscle size within homologous muscles across a large number of species yield strong predictive relationships that could be used to deliver more accurate predictions for macroevolutionary and functional studies.     

刑事图像技术的未来与发展

刑事图像是刑事科学技术领域中，发展最迅速的一个分支。它与痕迹、理化、文件、法医检验交织并存，互相渗透正朝着纪录、检验、识别、鉴定等多学科，全方位，综合性领域发展。     

Stereopsis-Inspired 3D Visual Imaging System Based on 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite

Stereopsis is of great important functions for humans to perceive and interact with the world. To realize the function of stereoscopic imaging, optoelectronic sensors shall possess good photoresponsive performance, multidirectional sensing, and 3D building capabilities. However, the current imaging sensors are mainly focused on 2D imaging, limiting their practical application scenarios. In this study, a stereopsis-inspired flexible 3D visual imaging system (VIS) based on 2D Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite is demonstrated. The 3D-VIS consists of 800 device units, each of which demonstrates excellent photoresponse performance, mechanical characteristics, and environmental stability. In addition to the capability of detecting 2D reflective images, the 3D-VIS realizes the function of detecting the depth of field and fusing object projections of two directions to invert the 3D image by utilizing voxels to rebuild the spatial structure of the object. In the future, the 3D-VIS will have broad application prospects in medical imaging, virtual reality, industrial automation, and other fields.     

A hybrid contextual compression technique using wavelet and contourlet transforms with PSO optimized prediction

Contextual compression is an essential part of any medical image compression since it facilitates no loss of diagnostic information. Although there are many techniques available for contextual image compression still there is a need for developing an efficient and optimized technique which would produce good quality images at lower bit rates. This article presents an efficient contextual compression algorithm using wavelet and contourlet transforms to capture the fine details of the image, along with directional information to produce good quality at high Compression Ratio (CR). The 2D discrete wavelet transform, which uses the simplest Daubechies wavelets, db1, or haar wavelet, is chosen and used to get the subband coefficients. The approximate coefficients of the higher subbands undergo contourlet transform employing length N ladder filters for capturing the directional information of the subbands at different scale and orientations. An optimized approach is used for predicting the quantized and the normalized subband coefficients resulting in improved compression performance. The proposed contextual compression approach was evaluated for its performance in terms of CR, Peak Signal to Noise Ratio, Feature SIMilarity index, Structure SIMilarity Index, and Universal quality (Q) after reconstruction. The results clarify the efficiency of the proposed method over other compression techniques.     

Field-of-view limitations of phased telescope arrays

The optical performance of imaging phased telescope arrays is degraded by various design, manufacturing, and operational errors. Perhaps the most basic and fundamental of these error sources are the residual aberrations of the optical design chosen for the individual telescopes. We show that third-order field curvature and distortion, which are rather benign aberrations in a conventional telescope, result in relative phase and tilt errors between the individual telescopes making up the array. The field-dependent image degradation caused by these relative phase and tilt errors is then predicted for different subaperture configurations and telescope design parameters. For phased arrays made up of simple two-mirror telescopes, distortion limits the field of view to less than 5 arcmin for small subapertures (D < 0.5 m), and field curvature limits the field of view to less than 1 arcmin for subaperture diameters greater than 2 m. Quantitative parametric results yielding tolerances for residual field curvature as the phased array is scaled up in size are presented graphically. If a 0.5-deg field of view is desired for telescope diameters greater than 2 m, complex telescope configurations are necessary to satisfy the rather tight tolerances on both field curvature and distortion.     

Optical distortion evaluation of an aerodynamically heated window, based on the higher-order singular value decomposition with the influence of elasto-optical effect excluded

The higher-order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) was used to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) refractive index field of an aerodynamically heated window. The numerical 3D optical distortion was evaluated for both the reconstructed and the exact refractive index fields of the window, excluding the influence of the elasto-optical effect. The method based on the HOSVD truncation was shown to reduce the refractive index information required to capture the major optical distortion of the window. The refractive index information was reduced by reconstructing the refractive index field of the window using the truncated n-mode singular matrices. The method can also be used to evaluate the optical distortion of the window.     

A novel iterative optimizing quantization technique and its application to X-ray tomographic microscopy for three-dimensional reconstruction from a limited number of views

The iterative optimizing quantization technique (IOQT) is a novel method in reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) images from a limited number of 2D projections. IOQT can reduce the artifacts and image distortion due to a limited number of projections and limited range of viewing angles. Equivalently, by reducing the number of projections required for reconstruction, the use of IOQT can reduce the dose delivered to the specimen, simplify the complexity of an experimental setup, and consequently support the development of techniques to nondestructively image microstructures of materials. In this article, we will demonstrate the capability of IOQT to reconstruct an accurate 3D image of an object from a limited number of views, using a computer simulation and an actual 3D test pattern experiment with submicrometer features. In addition, we will introduce a promising application of IOQT to X-ray tomographic microscopy to study microbiological specimens by presenting the 3D reconstructions of the two different-conditioned human sperm cells from six projections. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 8, 204–213, 1997     

基于视觉模型的C形臂投影图像快速校正方法

针对普通C形臂投影图像失真影响计算机辅助手术的精度和传统校正方法费时的问题,提出了一种基于摄像机视觉模型的方法来快速校正C形臂X射线投影失真图像。该方法通过分析C形臂X射线投影图像失真的来源和类型,把C形臂系统标定和投影失真图像校正融为一体,再利用视觉模型的Tsai法对其进行标定获取畸变参数,然后利用畸变参数对失真图像进行几何校正。实验结果表明,在放射源到探测器的距离为120cm时,最大误差为8.8个像素,放射源到探测器的距离为121cm时,最大误差为9.1个像素。放射源到探测器的距离变化18mm时,标定获得放射源到探测器的距离变化值为18.11mm,相差0.11mm,并且在不同姿态时C形臂投影失真图像校正结果具有稳定性。该方法的优点是减小了建立理想图像带来的误差,而且步骤简单,容易在线使用。     

High‐Speed 3D Printing of Millimeter‐Size Customized Aspheric Imaging Lenses with Sub 7 nm Surface Roughness

Advancements in three‐dimensional (3D) printing technology have the potential to transform the manufacture of customized optical elements, which today relies heavily on time‐consuming and costly polishing and grinding processes. However the inherent speed‐accuracy trade‐off seriously constrains the practical applications of 3D‐printing technology in the optical realm. In addressing this issue, here, a new method featuring a significantly faster fabrication speed, at 24.54 mm³ h^?1, without compromising the fabrication accuracy required to 3D‐print customized optical components is reported. A high‐speed 3D‐printing process with subvoxel‐scale precision (sub 5 µm) and deep subwavelength (sub 7 nm) surface roughness by employing the projection micro‐stereolithography process and the synergistic effects from grayscale photopolymerization and the meniscus equilibrium post‐curing methods is demonstrated. Fabricating a customized aspheric lens 5 mm in height and 3 mm in diameter is accomplished in four hours. The 3D‐printed singlet aspheric lens demonstrates a maximal imaging resolution of 373.2 lp mm^?1 with low field distortion less than 0.13% across a 2 mm field of view. This lens is attached onto a cell phone camera and the colorful fine details of a sunset moth's wing and the spot on a weevil's elytra are captured. This work demonstrates the potential of this method to rapidly prototype optical components or systems based on 3D printing.     

图像对准系统中提高精度的软件补偿技术

本文根据分层制造对准系统的精度要求,研究了改善精度的软件补偿措施:设计了SUSAN和多帧平均降噪结合的无损滤波算法以减小滤波过程对标记图像产生的畸变;以频域能量谱函数作为系统的聚焦测度函数实现自动聚焦,消减了由离焦引入的对准误差;以校正残差均方差的大小和稳定性为依据确定了三次多项式畸变模型,校正后畸变引入标记定位误差小...     

A new approach to radionuclide imaging using compressed sensing

Abstract

Single-photon emission computerised tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are essential medical imaging tools, with inherent drawback of slow data acquisition process. We present a novel compressed sensing-based reconstruction of these images from significantly fewer measurements than traditionally required, thus demonstrating potential of reduction in scan time and radiopharmaceutical doze with benefits for patients and health care economics. Our work effectively shows that high fidelity two-dimensional (2D) SPECT/PET image is reconstructed using compressive sensing with considerably reduced numbers of samples in acquisition stage. The reconstruction of tomographic images is realised by compressed sensing the 2D Fourier projections of k-space data. These 2D projections being sparse in transform domain need fewer samples in k-space and are reconstructed without loss of fidelity. These undersampled Fourier projections can then be backprojected by employing the iterative reconstruction approach for a complete three-dimensional (3D) volume. Compressed sensing of a phantom image and PET bone scintigraphy with radial Fourier samples are performed. The reconstructions of these images are compared to conventionally sampled images using image quality measures like mean square error, peak signal-to-noise ratio and structure similarity (SSIM) index, showing high-quality image reconstruction.     

基于快速散斑结构光三维重建的在线测量系统

在流水生产线中实现工件表面三维信息的快速获取及尺寸的快速测量是当前辊压成形等制造业智能化升级过程中的迫切需求。基于散斑投影的三维重建方法仅需利用单幅物体散斑图像即可重建出物体表面的三维数据,在流水线工件快速测量中具有一定优势。本文对散斑三维重建中较为耗时的对应点搜索算法进行了优化,并在此基础上研制出适用于辊压成形制造生产线的工件快速三维测量系统。实验结果显示,该系统具有较快的三维数据重建速度,测量误差在0.035 mm范围内,能够满足辊压成形工件三维结构尺寸的快速在线测量需求。     

Multidimensional Anodized Titanium Foam Photoelectrode for Efficient Utilization of Photons in Mesoscopic Solar Cells

Mesoscopic solar cells based on nanostructured oxide semiconductors are considered as a promising candidates to replace conventional photovoltaics employing costly materials. However, their overall performances are below the sufficient level required for practical usages. Herein, this study proposes an anodized Ti foam (ATF) with multidimensional and hierarchical architecture as a highly efficient photoelectrode for the generation of a large photocurrent. ATF photoelectrodes prepared by electrochemical anodization of freeze‐cast Ti foams have three favorable characteristics: (i) large surface area for enhanced light harvesting, (ii) 1D semiconductor structure for facilitated charge collection, and (iii) 3D highly conductive metallic current collector that enables exclusion of transparent conducting oxide substrate. Based on these advantages, when ATF is utilized in dye‐sensitized solar cells, short‐circuit photocurrent density up to 22.0 mA cm^?2 is achieved in the conventional N719 dye‐I₃^?/I^? redox electrolyte system even with an intrinsically inferior quasi‐solid electrolyte.     

Nonlinear disturbance errors in system identification usingmultisine test signals

The errors introduced into linear system identification by a class of nonlinear distortions are examined. A theoretical framework is presented for the distortion generated by odd-power-nonlinearities when using multisine test signals for frequency-domain identification. It is shown that the distortion is a function of the number of test harmonics, their harmonic values, and their phases. This leads to the definition of a novel class of signals, termed no interharmonic distortion (NID) multisines, with interesting properties. An explanation of previously published practical results is then given. Application of multisines to system testing with a method of compensating for nonlinearities is illustrated with practical results     

Atomic Spatial and Temporal Imaging of Local Structures and Light Elements inside Zeolite Frameworks

Identifying the atomic structures of porous materials in spatial and temporal dimensions by (scanning) transmission electron microscope ((S)TEM) is significant for their wide applications in catalysis, separation and energy storage. However, the sensitivity of materials to electron beams made it difficult to reduce the electron damage to specimens while maintaining the resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. It is therefore still challenging to capture multiple images of the same area in one crystal to image the temporal changes of lattices. Usings integrated differential phase contrast (iDPC) STEM, atomic-resolution imaging of beam-sensitive zeolite frameworks is achieved with an ultralow dose of 40 e⁻ Å⁻², 2–3 orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional STEM. Based on the iDPC technique, not only the atomic 3D architecture of ZSM-5 crystals but also the changes of frameworks are observed during in situ experiments. Local structures and light-element aromatics in ZSM-5 crystals can also be revealed directly under iDPC-STEM. These results provided not only an efficient tool to image beam-sensitive materials with ultralow beam current but also a new strategy to observe and investigate the hydrocarbon pools in zeolite catalysts at the single-molecule scale.     

三维重构视觉系统的标定

文章基于改进两步法的标定思想,在三维重构中提出了一种新的视觉系统参数标定与镜头畸变修正方法.该方法根据图像中心附近点畸变量较小的性质,利用中心附近点和全场视点对CCD相机和DLP投影仪的内外部参数标定和镜头畸变修正进行分离.在标定过程中,所设计的带标准圆阵列的靶标和伪随机连续方形编码可以实现特征点的自动识别和匹配.实验表明,该方法能快速、方便地对视觉系统参数进行标定和镜头畸变修正.     

Lens-less quantum ghost imaging: New two-photon experiments

New types of lens-less two-photon ghost imaging experiments are described that can also be useful for 3D X-ray imaging. In these experimental setups, a CCD array is placed facing a chaotic light source and gated by a photon counting detector that simply counts all randomly reflected photons from an object. A “ghost” image of the object is then observed from the gated CCD. A ghost image of an object can even be observed when the photon path to the photon counting device is obscured. These interesting demonstrations are not only useful for practical applications, such as X-ray lens-less imaging, but are also important from a fundamental point of view. These demonstrations lead to insight regarding the nonclassical two-photon interference nature of thermal light ghost imaging.