Digital holographic imaging apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorKeigo Matsuo
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Abstract
An illumination unit emits an illumination light to a specimen. An image sensor includes multiple pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner. The image sensor captures an image of the intensity distribution of an interference pattern formed due to the illumination light that has interacted with the specimen, and outputs image data. A defect information acquisition unit acquires defect position information that indicates the positions of defective pixels of the image sensor. A processing unit reconstructs a subject image that represents the specimen based on the image data and the defect position information.
Claims9
A digital holographic imaging apparatus comprising:
- an illumination light source structured to emit an illumination light to a specimen, wherein the illumination light is coherent;
- an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and structured to capture an image of an intensity distribution of an interference pattern formed due to the illumination light that has interacted with the specimen, and to output image data based on the captured image;
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- at least one processor configured to:
- acquire defect position information that indicates a position of a defective pixel of the image sensor;
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- reconstruct a subject image that represents the subject based on the image data and the defect position information,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform an iterative calculation for reconstructing the subject image, and
- wherein the iterative calculation comprises:
- calculating a complex amplitude on a second face on which the specimen is positioned based on a complex amplitude on a first face on which the image sensor is positioned;
- updating the complex amplitude on the second face under a predetermined constraint condition;
- calculating the complex amplitude on the first face based on the updated complex amplitude on the second face;
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- updating the complex amplitude on the first face, wherein an intensity of a non- defective pixel is replaced by an intensity of a corresponding pixel of the image data, while maintaining an intensity of a defective pixel.
A method for capturing a subject image that represents a specimen, comprising:
- emitting an illumination light to a specimen, wherein the illumination light is coherent;
- capturing an image of an intensity distribution of an interference pattern formed due to the illumination light that has interacted with the specimen using an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and generating image data based on the captured image;
- acquiring defect position information that indicates a position of a defective pixel in the image sensor;
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- reconstructing the subject image based on the image data and the defect position information,
- wherein an iterative calculation is performed for reconstructing the subject image,
- wherein the iterative calculation comprises:
- calculating a complex amplitude on a second face on which the specimen is positioned based on a complex amplitude on a first face on which the image sensor is positioned;
- updating the complex amplitude on the second face under a predetermined constraint condition;
- calculating the complex amplitude on the first face based on the updated complex amplitude on the second face;
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- updating the complex amplitude on the first face, wherein an intensity of a non- defective pixel is replaced by an intensity of a corresponding pixel of the image data, while maintaining an intensity of a defective pixel.
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