Chinese Optics, Volume. 15, Issue 6, 1313(2022)

Improving terahertz imaging by light field processing

Tao XIN1, Shuo PENG2, Li-quan DONG2, Shao-hui ZHANG2、*, and Cun-lin ZHANG3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Career Technology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
  • 2School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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    Schematic diagram of the system. (a) The THz camera and the two-dimensional translation stage; (b) the light filter.
    Parametrization of the light field. (a) Pairs of points on two parallel planes; (b) parameterization of our system
    The resampling diagram of refocusing process. When changing the object distance, the spatial coordinate S of the reference sub-image u0 are constant, while the corresponding object point moves from P to Pα. According to the geometric principles, we can calculate the new coordinate Sα of sub-image u, which is different from the coordinate S1 corresponding to P
    A rubber ring in an envelope (grid size 9×3, Du=Dv=10 mm). (a) The rubber ring (outer diameter is 25 mm; inner diameter is 17 mm) and the envelope; (b) the reference sub-image (u=4, v=2); (c) the refocused image (αL=720 mm); (d) normalized gradient image of the labelled regions of (b) and (c), respectively and their gradient values of labelled horizontal lines corresponding to t=197
    A steel board with hollowed parts in a plastic box (grid size 9×1, Du=10 mm). (a) The steel board (length is 68 mm; width is 45 mm) and the plastic box; (b) the reference sub-image (u=5, v=1); (c) the refocused image (αL=730 mm); (d) intensity of labelled horizontal lines corresponding to t=174
    Metal wrenches fixed on a polyvinyl chloride(PVC) board by tape. (grid size 9×7, Du=Dv=10 mm) (a) the wrenches (from left to right the diameters are 0.7 mm, 0.9 mm, 1.3 mm and 1.5 mm) and the PVC board; (b) the reference sub-image (u=3, v=4); (c) the refocused image (αL=680 mm); (d) the refocused image after histogram equalization.
    Metal wrenches (fixed camera and moving target, grid size 9×5, Du=Dv=10 mm). (a) The wrenches and the PVC board; (b) the reference sub-image (u=5, v=3); (c) the refocused image (αL=700 mm); (d) the refocused image after histogram equalization
    Refocusing images of different sub-views (two PVC bottles with liquid fixed by tape in a high-density polyethylene plastic box, grid size 9×2, Du=10 mm, Dv=20 mm). (a) The bottles (length is 50 mm; diameter is 13 mm; thickness is 2 mm) and the plastic box; (b) one primitive sub-image; (c)(d)(e)(f) are the refocused images with angular coordinates (4,1), (4,2), (1,1) and (9,1) respectively (αL=720 mm).
    Refocusing images of different depths. (a) The image focused on the bottles,αL=720 mm. (b) The image focused on the tape and the plastic box,αL=670 mm
    A steel holed cube blocked by a piece of wire mesh placed between it and the THz camera. (a) and (b) are two primitive sub-images showing the wire mesh and the obscured target respectively; (c) the refocused image
    • Table 1. Coordinates of sample pixels in different sub-views

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      Table 1. Coordinates of sample pixels in different sub-views

      Sub-view(4,1)(4,2)(1,1)(9,1)
      Pixel 1(192,175)(192,138)(248,175)(99,175)
      Pixel 2(238,193)(238,156)(295,193)(145,193)
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    Tao XIN, Shuo PENG, Li-quan DONG, Shao-hui ZHANG, Cun-lin ZHANG. Improving terahertz imaging by light field processing[J]. Chinese Optics, 2022, 15(6): 1313

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    Paper Information

    Category: Original Article

    Received: Mar. 31, 2022

    Accepted: May. 13, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 9, 2023

    The Author Email: Shao-hui ZHANG (zhangshaohui@bit.edu.cn), Cun-lin ZHANG (cunlin_zhang@cnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CO.EN.2022-0005

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