Processing diffraction-limited images through innovative super-resolution techniques

Abstract

In the ELTs era, where the need for versatile and innovative solutions to produce very high spatial resolution images has become a major issue, the search of synergies with other science fields seems a logic step. One of the considered alternatives to reach high-resolution images is the use of several frames of the same target, this approach is known as fusion Super-Resolution in the state of the art. Here, we propose the use of the super-resolution techniques based on structural similarity and initially developed for submarine environments.1 Accordingly, innovative algorithms are implemented in order to process the science images from an Adaptive Optics system to obtain diffraction-limited images in the optical wavelengths.