Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 16, 1611004(2022)

Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction of Distributed Infrared Array Camera

Yibo Xie1,2、*, Naitao Xu1, Shun Zhou1, Siqi Yao1, Ziran Yu3, Jin Cheng1,2, and Weiguo Liu1、**
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  • 1School of Photoelectric Engineering, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, Shaanxi , China
  • 2Wuxi V-Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., Wuxi214101, Jiangsu , China
  • 3Wuxi Yimeng Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Wuxi 214101, Jiangsu , China
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    To address the low resolution problem of infrared images in the medical field, we build a distributed array–based infrared imaging system with a simple structure and a real-time performance that achieved an improved image resolution using image algorithm processing. The proposed system is used to obtain four images with pixel-level displacement. One of the images is used as a benchmark, and the other three images are registered. Then, the projection of convex set algorithm is used to reconstruct the images and obtain a high-resolution infrared image. Finally, the reconstruction method of a generative admissible neural network is employed to obtain the infrared super-resolution image. Experimental results show that the infrared imaging system with a distributed array camera can realize real-time super-resolution image reconstruction, and the infrared image resolution can be improved from 400 × 300 to 3200×2400 (an eightfold increment). Compared with the original image, the mean and standard deviation of the super-resolution reconstructed image increase by 1.86% and 8.67%, while the entropy value remains basically unchanged. The proposed image processing algorithm realizes the super-resolution reconstruction for infrared images, which meets the application requirements of infrared super-resolution imaging in the medical field.

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    Yibo Xie, Naitao Xu, Shun Zhou, Siqi Yao, Ziran Yu, Jin Cheng, Weiguo Liu. Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction of Distributed Infrared Array Camera[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(16): 1611004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jul. 26, 2021

    Accepted: Aug. 17, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 22, 2022

    The Author Email: Xie Yibo (13319215096@163.com), Liu Weiguo (wgliu@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.1611004

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