Dynamic-range compression scheme for digital hologram using a deep neural network
 
Dynamic-range compression scheme for digital hologram using a deep neural network 
 
Tomoyoshi Shimobaba, Tomoyoshi Shimobaba, David Blinder, David Blinder, Michal Makowski, Michal Makowski, Peter Schelkens, Peter Schelkens, Yoya Yamamoto, Yoya Yamamoto, Ikuo Hoshi, Ikuo Hoshi, Takashi Nishitsuji, Takashi Nishitsuji, Yutaka Endo, Yutaka Endo, Takashi Kakue, Takashi Kakue, Tomoyoshi Ito, Tomoyoshi Ito
 
Abstract 

This Letter aims to propose a dynamic-range compression and decompression scheme for digital holograms that uses a deep neural network (DNN). The proposed scheme uses simple thresholding to compress the dynamic range of holograms with 8-bit gradation to binary holograms. Although this can decrease the amount of data by one-eighth, the binarization strongly degrades the image quality of the reconstructed images. The proposed scheme uses a DNN to predict the original gradation holograms from the binary holograms, and the error-diffusion algorithm of the binarization process contributes significantly to training the DNN. The performance of the scheme exceeds that of modern compression techniques such as JPEG 2000 and high-efficiency video coding.