Resolution-enhanced single-pixel imaging using the Hadamard transform matrix

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a single-pixel imaging (SPI) method to achieve a higher-resolution image via the Hadamard transform matrix. Unlike traditional SPI schemes, this new method recovers images by correlating single-pixel signals with synchronized transformed patterns of Hadamard bases that are actually projected onto the digital micromirror device. Each transform pattern is obtained through the inverse Fourier transform of the pattern acquired by Gaussian filtering of each Hadamard basis in the frequency domain. The proposed scheme is based on a typical SPI experimental setup and doesn’t add any hardware complexity, enabling the transformation of Hadamard matrices and image reconstruction through data processing alone. Therefore, this approach could be considered as an alternative option for achieving fast SPI in a diffractionlimited imaging system, without the need for additional hardware.