The Limits of Resolution

"""This is a unique text - a labor of love, I suspect - pulling together for the first time the remarkably large array of mathematical and statistical techniques used for analysis of resolution in many systems of importance today – optical, acoustical, radar, etc. The final two chapters provide the perspective of practical resolution challenges in a multitude of situations, from light scattering and particle sizing to microscopy and tomography. These chapters will be of great value to those concerned with the fundamental limits in these fields…. I believe it will find widespread use and value."" – Dr. Robert G.W. Brown, Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Physics ""a tour-de-force covering aspects of history, mathematical theory and practical applications. The authors provide a penetrating insight into the often confused topic of resolution and in doing offer a unifying approach to the subject that is applicable not only to traditional optical systems but also modern day, computer-based systems such as radar and RF communications."" – Prof. Ian Proudler, Loughborough University ""This is a book on the ultimate limits of resolution in imaging when digital image processing is considered. Therefore it is also a book on linear inverse problems, a basic tool in computational imaging. It provides a thorough account of this topic showing that solving an inverse problem is a mathematical game which requires a deep understanding of its physical foundations. The mix of physics and mathematics is a unique feature of this book which can be basic not only for PhD students but also for researchers in the area of computational imaging."" – Mario Bertero, Professor, University of Geneva ""This beautiful book can be read as a novel presenting carefully our quest to get more and more information from our observations and measurements. Its authors are particularly good at relating it."" – Pierre C. Sabatier ""a ‘must"