“…13 it can be observed that the sharp edges of the pattern used (Fig. 12) are registered across two pixels, caused by the blurring effects of focus and shutter [28], leading to errors in the gradient intensities due to noise. If the gradient intensities |𝐼 ′ 0 | were calculated separately (20) by simply subtracting the low intensity value from the high intensity value divided by 2 px, e.g.…”