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Title: Poisson Phase Retrieval With Wirtinger Flow
This paper discusses algorithms for phase retrieval where the measurements follow independent Poisson distributions. We developed an optimization problem based on maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) for the Poisson model and applied Wirtinger flow algorithm to solve it. Simulation results with a random Gaussian sensing matrix and Poisson measurement noise demonstrated that the Wirtinger flow algorithm based on the Poisson model produced higher quality reconstructions than when algorithms derived from Gaussian noise models (Wirtinger flow, Gerchberg Saxton) are applied to such data, with significantly improved computational efficiency.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1838179
NSF-PAR ID:
10309917
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2021 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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