Optical antennas made of metallic nanostructures dramatically enhance single-molecule fluorescence to boost the detection sensitivity. Moreover, emission properties detected at the optical far field are dictated by the antenna. Here we study the emission from molecule-antenna hybrids by means of super-resolution localization and defocused imaging. Whereas gold nanorods make single-crystal viole...

The topic of the paper is to estimate parameters of the camera motion using images taken at initial and current positions of the camera. An original method handling defocused images or images blurred in other ways is proposed. The method is based on registering the images by means of detected control points (CPs) and so-called combined invariants. These features are invariant both to rigid-body...

This paper presents a 3D particle position measurement method based on the defocusing concept introduced by A.Pentland with a single camera. Different from the existing approaches, the blur circle is used to identify the blur extent for various defocused particles, and the depth-blur relation is formulated by the modified A.Pentland mathematical formula. And, an eight-step algorithm based on Ci...

Local minima or notches in the defocused contrast sensitivity function (CSF) have been linked to the aberrations of the eye. We use theoretical modeling of the effects of the aberrations to show these notches can be orientation-selective due to the effects of aberration terms such as coma and trefoil. Notches that changed with orientation were observed in the defocused CSF of four subjects. The...

Foreground and background features are focused (or defocused) diierently in an image because corresponding objects are at diierent depths in the scene. This paper presents a novel approach for segmenting foreground and background in video images based on feature defocus. A modiied defocus measurement that distinguishes between high-contrast defocused edges and low-contrast focused edges is pres...

PURPOSE To examine the suprathreshold scaling of pneumatic stimuli, and the ratings of discomfort and intensity under clear and defocused visual conditions. METHODS Twenty-one participants rated sensory intensity and discomfort of a series of mechanical stimuli from a pneumatic esthesiometer, using a 0 to 100 numerical scale under clear and defocused visual conditions. Esthesiometry was perfo...