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James R. Fienup
Robert E. Hopkins Professor Of Optics
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Institute Of Optics
Areas of expertise: Unconventional imaging, phase retrieval, wavefront sensing, and image reconstruction and restoration
Press contact:
Peter Iglinski
585.273.4726
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Eminent Optical Scientist Named to New Endowed Professorship
July 07, 2003
Biography
James Fienup’s research interests center around imaging science. His work includes unconventional imaging, phase retrieval, wavefront sensing, and image reconstruction and restoration. These techniques are applied to passive and active optical imaging systems, synthetic-aperture radar, and biomedical imaging modalities. His past work has also included diffractive optics and image quality assessment. He has over 110 publications and 4 patents.