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    • Signal Processing
    • Image Analysis
    • Systems Theory

    Background:

    • Linear systems analysis is crucial for understanding imaging processes.
    • Spatial resolution and noise are key performance metrics in imaging systems.
    • Existing imaging techniques face inherent trade-offs between resolution and noise.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To establish a fundamental duality relationship between spatial resolution and noise in linear systems.
    • To introduce an invariant "quality" characteristic for imaging systems.
    • To evaluate this characteristic in popular imaging modalities and explore potential improvements.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of general linear shift-invariant systems.
    • Derivation of a phase-space volume invariant under point-spread function scaling.
    • Evaluation of the derived quality characteristic for computed tomography, image convolution, and phase-contrast imaging.

    Main Results:

    • A duality relationship between spatial resolution and noise, analogous to the uncertainty principle, was identified.
    • An invariant lower bound for the product of spatial resolution and noise standard deviation was established.
    • Phase-contrast imaging demonstrated potential decoupling of resolution and noise, enhancing imaging quality.

    Conclusions:

    • The identified duality imposes a fundamental limit on imaging system performance.
    • The intrinsic quality characteristic provides a new metric for system evaluation.
    • Phase-contrast imaging offers avenues for surpassing traditional resolution-noise trade-offs.