Deep learning-based super-resolution in coherent imaging systems

Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 8;9(1):3926. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40554-1.

Abstract

We present a deep learning framework based on a generative adversarial network (GAN) to perform super-resolution in coherent imaging systems. We demonstrate that this framework can enhance the resolution of both pixel size-limited and diffraction-limited coherent imaging systems. The capabilities of this approach are experimentally validated by super-resolving complex-valued images acquired using a lensfree on-chip holographic microscope, the resolution of which was pixel size-limited. Using the same GAN-based approach, we also improved the resolution of a lens-based holographic imaging system that was limited in resolution by the numerical aperture of its objective lens. This deep learning-based super-resolution framework can be broadly applied to enhance the space-bandwidth product of coherent imaging systems using image data and convolutional neural networks, and provides a rapid, non-iterative method for solving inverse image reconstruction or enhancement problems in optics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Deep Learning*
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Holography / instrumentation
  • Holography / methods*
  • Holography / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Microscopy / instrumentation
  • Microscopy / methods*
  • Microscopy / statistics & numerical data
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Papanicolaou Test / methods
  • Papanicolaou Test / statistics & numerical data
  • Software
  • Vaginal Smears / methods
  • Vaginal Smears / statistics & numerical data