• Advanced Imaging
  • Vol. 1, Issue 1, 011002 (2024)
Haogong Feng, Runze Zhu, and Fei Xu*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AI.2024.10002 Cite this Article
    Haogong Feng, Runze Zhu, Fei Xu. Feature-enhanced fiber bundle imaging based on light field acquisition[J]. Advanced Imaging, 2024, 1(1): 011002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Optical fiber bundles frequently serve as crucial components in flexible miniature endoscopes, transmitting end-to-end images directly for medical and industrial applications. Each core usually acts as a single pixel, and the resolution of the image is limited by the core size and core spacing. We propose a method that exploits the hidden information embedded in the pattern within each core to break the limitation and obtain high-dimensional light field information and more features of the original image including edges, texture, and color. Intra-core patterns are mainly related to the spatial angle of captured light rays and the shape of the core. A convolutional neural network is used to accelerate the extraction of in-core features containing the light field information of the whole scene, achieve the transformation of in-core features to real details, and enhance invisible texture features and image colorization of fiber bundle images.
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    Haogong Feng, Runze Zhu, Fei Xu. Feature-enhanced fiber bundle imaging based on light field acquisition[J]. Advanced Imaging, 2024, 1(1): 011002
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