Monocular meta-imaging camera sees depth

Yujin Liu; Xueli Chen

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01666-0

Monocular meta-imaging camera sees depth

Light Sci Appl. 2025 Jan 1;14(1):5. doi: 10.1038/s41377-024-01666-0.

Authors

Yujin Liu¹, Xueli Chen^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Innovation Center for Advanced Medical Imaging and Intelligent Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Guangzhou, 510555, Guangdong, China.
² Innovation Center for Advanced Medical Imaging and Intelligent Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Guangzhou, 510555, Guangdong, China. [email protected].
³ Center for Biomedical-photonics and Molecular Imaging, Advanced Diagnostic-Therapy Technology and Equipment Key Laboratory of Higher Education Institutions in Shaanxi Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710126, Shaanxi, China. [email protected].
⁴ Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education & Xi'an Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing and Regulation of trans-Scale Life Information, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710126, Shaanxi, China. [email protected].

Abstract

A novel monocular depth-sensing camera based on meta-imaging sensor technology has been developed, offering more precise depth sensing with millimeter-level accuracy and enhanced robustness compared to conventional 2D and light-field cameras.