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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Computational Imaging

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    • Limited depth-of-focus is a significant challenge in optical applications like microscopy and macro-photography.
    • Existing image fusion techniques struggle with strong defocus conditions.

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    • To propose a new physically-based method for all-in-focus image reconstruction.
    • To extend the depth-of-field using a multi-focus image sequence.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of a novel method utilizing a space-variant point spread function (PSF).
    • Application of image fusion techniques for all-in-focus reconstruction.
    • Testing under strong defocus conditions with color image stacks of arbitrary length.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method successfully achieves all-in-focus reconstruction.
    • It demonstrates robust performance even under strong defocus.
    • Outperforms state-of-the-art image fusion algorithms on both synthetic and real data.

    Conclusions:

    • The new physically-based method effectively extends depth-of-field.
    • It offers a superior solution for image fusion in challenging defocus scenarios.
    • Provides a valuable tool for microscopy and macro-photography.