This article presents new developments in a multiframe blind deconvolution algorithm for imaging low earth orbiting objects during flyover. The foundational aspects of the algorithm rely on the constrained maximum likelihood (ML) formulation in the presence of Poisson noise, previously developed in Schulz et al. (2018). The new algorithm achieves real time evaluation capability at over two frames per second, which is allowed by two novel aspects. First, the prototype algorithms are transferred to highly parallelized computations on graphical processing units (GPUs) with CUDA implementation that reduce the computational time of a single iteration by a factor of up to 100. Second, new numerical optimization strategies are developed and demonstrated to accelerate the convergence of the algorithm by a factor of 5 to 10. Several other new capabilities are also demonstrated in this article. We derive and implement a modified variation of the algorithm that achieves subpixel resolution, which is shown effective on real and simulated data. Finally, a new post-processing visual enhancement technique is proposed with several examples, which in part helps deal with the dynamic range degradation due to glint.


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    Title :

    Real Time Deconvolution of Adaptive Optics Ground Based Telescope Imagery


    Additional title:

    J Astronaut Sci


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2022-02-01


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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