title: Frequency guided methods for demodulation of a single fringe pattern.
abstract: Phase demodulation from a single fringe pattern is a challenging task but of interest. A frequency-guided regularized phase tracker and a frequency-guided sequential demodulation method with Levenberg-Marquardt optimization are proposed to demodulate a single fringe pattern. Demodulation path guided by the local frequency from the highest to the lowest is applied in both methods. Since critical points have low local frequency values, they are processed last so that the spurious sign problem caused by these points is avoided. These two methods can be considered as alternatives to the effective fringe follower regularized phase tracker. Demodulation results from one computer-simulated and two experimental fringe patterns using the proposed methods will be demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Haixia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Kemao
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004581:Electronics; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods; D015233:Models, Statistical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012984:Software; D013997:Time Factors