Retrieval of phase-derivative discontinuities in digital speckle pattern interferometry fringes using the Wigner-Ville distribution

We evaluate the application of the Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) to measure phase gradient maps in digital speckle pattern interferometry (DSPI), when the generated correlation fringes present phase discontinuities. The performance of the WVD method is evaluated using computer-simulated fringes. The influence of the filtering process to smooth DSPI fringes and additional drawbacks that emerge when this method is applied are discussed. A comparison with the conventional method based on the continuous wavelet transform in the stationary phase approximation is also presented.

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