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SNR Enhancement in Brillouin Microspectroscopy using Spectrum Reconstruction

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YuChen Xiang, Matthew R. Foreman, Peter Török

Signal Processing · Submitted 17 Sep 2019

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The authors' main claim Superior estimation results are demonstrated even at low SNRS ($\geq 1$).

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CitationMatthew R. Foreman, Peter T\"or\"ok, YuChen Xiang. "SNR Enhancement in Brillouin Microspectroscopy using Spectrum Reconstruction." arXiv:1909.08980 (2019). https://pith.science/paper/CZUTTBL2
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Brillouin imaging suffers from intrinsically low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). Such low SNRs can render common data analysis protocols unreliable, especially for SNRs below $\sim10$. In this work we exploit two denoising algorithms, namely maximum entropy reconstruction (MER) and wavelet analysis (WA), to improve the accuracy and precision in determination of Brillouin shifts and linewidth. Algorithm performance is quantified using Monte-Carlo simulations and benchmarked against the Cram\'er-Rao lower bound. Superior estimation results are demonstrated even at low SNRS ($\geq 1$). Denoising was furthermore applied to experimental Brillouin spectra of distilled water at room temperature, allowing the speed of sound in water to be extracted. Experimental and theoretical values were found to be consistent to within $\pm1\%$ at unity SNR.

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s0 Brillouin imaging suffers from intrinsically low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). background 1.00 0.07 0.02 asserted 1.00
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s2 In this work we exploit two denoising algorithms, namely maximum entropy reconstruction (MER) and wavelet analysis (WA), to improve the accuracy and precision in determination of Brillouin shifts and linewidth. contribution 0.60 0.94 0.12 asserted 0.99
s3 Algorithm performance is quantified using Monte-Carlo simulations and benchmarked against the Cram\'er-Rao lower bound. method 0.99 0.91 0.04 asserted 0.98
s4 Superior estimation results are demonstrated even at low SNRS ($\geq 1$). result 1.00 0.90 0.60 asserted 1.00
s5 Denoising was furthermore applied to experimental Brillouin spectra of distilled water at room temperature, allowing the speed of sound in water to be extracted. method 0.47 0.96 0.07 asserted 1.00
s6 Experimental and theoretical values were found to be consistent to within $\pm1\%$ at unity SNR. result 1.00 0.95 0.27 asserted 1.00

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Brillouin imaging suffers from intrinsically low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). Such low SNRs can render common data analysis protocols unreliable, especially for SNRs below $\sim10$. In this work we exploit two denoising algorithms, namely maximum entropy reconstruction (MER) and wavelet analysis (WA), to improve the accuracy and precision in determination of Brillouin shifts and linewidth. Algorithm performance is quantified using Monte-Carlo simulations and benchmarked against the Cram\'er-Rao lower bound. Superior estimation results are demonstrated even at low SNRS ($\geq 1$). Denoising was furthermore applied to experimental Brillouin spectra of distilled water at room temperature, allowing the speed of sound in water to be extracted. Experimental and theoretical values were found to be consistent to within $\pm1\%$ at unity SNR.

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