Reliability-guided phase-unwrapping algorithm for the measurement of discontinuous three-dimensional objects

Haihua Cui; Wenhe Liao; Ning Dai; Xiaosheng Cheng

doi:10.1117/1.3591950

1 June 2011 Reliability-guided phase-unwrapping algorithm for the measurement of discontinuous three-dimensional objects

Haihua Cui, Wenhe Liao, Ning Dai, Xiaosheng Cheng

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 50, Issue 6, 063602 (June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3591950

Abstract

Accurate and robust phase unwrapping is an important procedure for three dimensional (3D) profilometry measurement. The mask cut phase-unwrapping algorithm merges the characteristics of Goldstein's branch cut and reliability-guided path-following algorithms, so that it has higher accuracy and stability. However, it cannot handle discontinuous phase regions because it completely relies on the phase quality map to guide the placement of mask cuts, thereby easily causing phase error propagation. To overcome these drawbacks, we propose a new phase-unwrapping method that merges the residue check principle and a Laplace phase derivative variance quality map that we developed. First, the entire phase was divided into several isolated regions in accordance with the quality map. Then, each pixel of the absolute phase marker line was taken as the starting point to unwrap the discontinuous phase regions based on reliability guidance. In addition, a new list-trimming algorithm was employed to guarantee a speedy phase-unwrapping procedure. The entire phase unwrapping and accurate 3D measurement of discontinuous objects was successfully completed. The simulated and experimental data both demonstrate the validity of the proposed phase-unwrapping algorithm.

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Haihua Cui, Wenhe Liao, Ning Dai, and Xiaosheng Cheng "Reliability-guided phase-unwrapping algorithm for the measurement of discontinuous three-dimensional objects," Optical Engineering 50(6), 063602 (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3591950

Published: 1 June 2011

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