Diffusion-powered plug-and-play reconstruction for full-color ghost imaging through dynamic scattering media

Color imaging through dynamic scattering media is challenging. Although ghost imaging (GI) has been studied, the distorted single-pixel measurements hinder high-fidelity reconstruction. Here, we report a full-color GI framework that eliminates wave distortions caused by dynamic scattering media to achieve high-quality reconstruction. A convolution-based polynomial estimation method is designed to estimate and correct dynamic scaling factors. Then, a diffusion-powered plug-and-play algorithm is designed and applied, using a pre-trained diffusion prior to regularizing chromatic structures with a GI-based physical model to maintain data consistency. Experiments are conducted to demonstrate that the developed full-color GI framework exhibits high robustness and superior performance, always achieving high-fidelity reconstruction in dynamic scattering environments. Our method provides a promising solution for full-color GI in harsh environments, showing excellent stability and application potentials.

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Applied Physics Letters
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2026-04-06
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https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0320982
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Random lasers and scattering media
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Diffusion-powered plug-and-play reconstruction for full-color ghost imaging through dynamic scattering media

Qian Song, Qing Huo Liu, Zhihan Xu, Wen Chen
Applied Physics Letters
Random lasers and scattering media
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Diffusion-powered plug-and-play reconstruction for full-color ghost imaging through dynamic scattering media

Qian Song, Qing Huo Liu, Zhihan Xu, Wen Chen
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Abstract

Color imaging through dynamic scattering media is challenging. Although ghost imaging (GI) has been studied, the distorted single-pixel measurements hinder high-fidelity reconstruction. Here, we report a full-color GI framework that eliminates wave distortions caused by dynamic scattering media to achieve high-quality reconstruction. A convolution-based polynomial estimation method is designed to estimate and correct dynamic scaling factors. Then, a diffusion-powered plug-and-play algorithm is designed and applied, using a pre-trained diffusion prior to regularizing chromatic structures with a GI-based physical model to maintain data consistency. Experiments are conducted to demonstrate that the developed full-color GI framework exhibits high robustness and superior performance, always achieving high-fidelity reconstruction in dynamic scattering environments. Our method provides a promising solution for full-color GI in harsh environments, showing excellent stability and application potentials.

Applied Physics LettersVol. 128(14)
Eastern Institute of Technology (NZ), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK), Institute for Advanced Study (DE)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Openalex Percentile: Top 18%
Random lasers and scattering media
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