title: Phase difference-based multichannel phase unwrapping.
abstract: This work addresses the derivation of the phase difference-based maximum likelihood (ML) phase unwrapping algorithm. To this end, we derive the joint statistics of the phase differences on a two-dimensional grid for the multichannel case, where several scaled wrapped phase values are available. Subsequently, we determine and study the structure of the phase difference-based ML estimator and compare it to known phase unwrapping techniques. This work allows us to frame single and multichannel algorithms in a common formulation. Moreover, among the known single-channel phase difference-based procedures, we identify those attaining an ML solution. We also show that multichannel phase difference-based and, recently proposed, phase-based ML algorithms achieve equivalent solutions.
authors: Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente, National Research Council of Italy, 80124 Napoli, Italy.
authors: Gianfranco
authors: G
authors: Fornaro
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Pauciullo
authors: Eugenio
authors: E
authors: Sansosti
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D011825:Radar; D013382:Subtraction Technique