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    Thermal imaging ghosting blurs textures. Spectral resolution and a novel infrared Bayer-filter approach can recover lost texture, enabling clear thermal perception even in darkness.

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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Thermal Imaging Science
    • Computer Vision

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