computationalimaging
Computational imaging is an interdisciplinary field that designs imaging systems and computational algorithms together to produce images that would be difficult or impossible to obtain with conventional optics alone. It encompasses the end-to-end process from data acquisition to image formation, often by encoding information into measurements that can be later decoded to reveal scenes, materials, or structures of interest.
Key ideas include joint optimization of the physical sensor and the reconstruction algorithm, the use of coded
Techniques and manifestations include light-field and plenoptic imaging, coded-aperture and coded-mask approaches, structured illumination, phase retrieval,
Applications span medical imaging (advanced MRI/CT reconstruction, digital pathology), industrial inspection, remote sensing, and consumer electronics.