Reconstruction of Parameters of a Set of Radiant Points from Their Images

Abstract

Within the framework of geometric tomography, inverse problems of photometry, wave optics, and discrete tomography, we study questions on reconstruction of the spatial location and luminosity of a discrete distribution of radiant sources from its images obtained with the use of a small number of optical systems. We analyze the problem on finding geometric parameters of such a distribution and describe sources of ambiguity. We consider the inverse problem on reconstruction of a discrete distribution that consists of incoherent and monochromatic sources and suggest uniqueness criteria for its solution. We also suggest a constructive approach to numerical solution of the inverse problem on reconstruction of the coordinates and luminosity of a family of radiant pinpoint sources from their images.