Optical Information Processing

Dear Colleagues,

Optical information processing refers to the extraction, encoding, storage, enhancement, deblurring, feature recognition, or various optical transformations for optical information in the process of image production, transmission, detection, processing, and so on. It is a critical technology in multidisciplinary fields, including remote sensing, computer vision, biomedical sciences, granular physics, geological engineering, and so on. For example, in the granular field, we usually need to utilize optical methods or technologies (e.g., Raman or neutron scattering, X-ray computed tomography, photoelastic technique, speckle visibility spectroscopy, etc.) first to capture masses of optical images about the granular system, then through various innovative optical information processings algorithms/methods/approaches, we can acquire the knowledge of the microstructures, interparticle forces, or grain kinematics to get a better understanding of various anomalous properties in amorphous solids.

This Special Issue invites manuscripts that introduce recent advances in “Optical Information Processing”, aiming to develop innovative optical information technologies and their applications in various research fields. All theoretical, numerical, and experimental papers are accepted. Topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Various methods or tools developed for optical information processing;
• Optical imaging technology;
• Computational imaging of objects that is obscured;
• Spectroscopic imaging technology;
• Processing of optical images;
• Image or data processing using machine learning methods;
• The applications of optical information processing to granular materials, geological engineering, biomedical diagnosis, radar remote sensing, etc.;

Dr. Ling Zhang
Dr. Duan Huang
Guest Editors

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• optical information processing
• optical imaging
• computational imaging
• image or data processing
• machine learning
• granular materials
• applications of optical information processing