Computerized adaptive imaging
First Claim
1. Apparatus for three-dimensional image processing, comprising:
- an imaging system reading a three dimensional map of variations in the refractive characteristics in a volume;
a ray tracer, utilizing said three dimensional map to analytically trace a multiplicity of rays from a multiplicity of locations in said volume through said volume, thereby providing a location dependent point spread function; and
a three dimensional deconvolver, utilizing the location dependent point spread function, to provide an output image corrected for distortions due to three dimensional variations in the refractive characteristics in said volume.
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Abstract
Apparatus for computational adaptive imaging comprises the following:
an image information acquirer, which provides information relating to the refractive characteristics in a three-dimensional imaged volume;
a ray tracer, which uses the information relating to the refractive characteristics to trace a multiplicity of rays from a multiplicity of locations in the three-dimensional imaged volume through the three-dimensional imaged volume, thereby providing a location dependent point spread function; and
a deconvolver, which uses the location dependent point spread function, to provide an output image corrected for distortions due to variations in the refractive characteristics in the three-dimensional imaged volume.
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1. Apparatus for three-dimensional image processing, comprising:
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an imaging system reading a three dimensional map of variations in the refractive characteristics in a volume;
a ray tracer, utilizing said three dimensional map to analytically trace a multiplicity of rays from a multiplicity of locations in said volume through said volume, thereby providing a location dependent point spread function; and
a three dimensional deconvolver, utilizing the location dependent point spread function, to provide an output image corrected for distortions due to three dimensional variations in the refractive characteristics in said volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 30, 31)
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18. A method for three-dimensional image processing comprising the steps of:
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providing an imaging system;
utilizing said imaging system for reading a three dimensional map of variations in the refractive characteristics in a volume;
analytically ray tracing, utilizing said three dimensional map, a multiplicity of rays from a multiplicity of locations in said volume through said volume, thereby providing a location dependent point spread function; and
three-dimensionally deconvoluting, utilizing the location dependent point spread function, thereby providing an output image corrected for distortions due to three dimensional variations in the refractive characteristics in said volume. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33)
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