Patent ID: 8204328
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically optimizing and restoring a digital image obtained through a scattering medium, comprising: (a) receiving data representing a first digital image of an object through a scattering medium, the first digital image being associated with a first optical transfer function of the scattering medium, the first optical transfer function being associated with a first set of optical parameter values; (b) evaluating the first digital image according to an image quality metric and calculating a first image quality value indicative of a quality of the first digital image; (c) determining, using a decision engine in association with a search algorithm residing in the computer, whether the first image quality value can be improved; (d) modeling a second optical transfer function if the first image quality value can be improved, the second optical transfer function being associated with a second set of optical parameter values; (e) applying the second optical transfer function to the first digital image to obtain a second digital image; (f) evaluating the second digital image according to the image quality metric and calculating a second image quality value indicative of the quality of the second digital image; (g) repeating steps (d)-(f) if the second image quality value can be improved; (h) identifying an optimized digital image if the second image quality value cannot be improved, the optimized digital image being a digital image having a highest image quality value, the data of the optimized digital image including pixel data of pixels comprising the optimized digital image; (i) retrieving information regarding the scattering medium based on an optimized restored image of the object.