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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 10, Issue 2, 027402(2025)

Single-image super-resolution of gamma-ray imaging system using deep denoiser prior based on plug-and-play framework

Guo-Guang Li1,2,3、*, Liang Sheng4, Bao-Jun Duan4, Yang Li4, Yan Song4, Zi-Jian Zhu4, Wei-Peng Yan4, Dong-Wei Hei4, and Qing-Zi Xing1,2,3
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Laboratory for Advanced Radiation Sources and Application, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an 710024, China
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    Received: Sep. 1, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 18, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

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    DOI:10.1063/5.0236541

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