Extended focused imaging in digital holography by spatial-domain mask method

In a digital holographic reconstruction, only images located at the reconstruction distance are in focus. A speckle reduction technique is proposed to improve digital holographic in-focus imaging. The extended focused image is obtained from a depth map created by evaluating the edge sharpness of object images. In order to show the performance and effectiveness of the proposed technique for extended focused imaging, we conducted the demonstration experiments using two objects, which are a resolution chart and two screws.

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