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Single-Pixel Imaging (random basis compressive sensing) L1-026

Compressive ImagingSingle-pixel / single-detector imagingδ=3 · standardL_DAG = 3📋 Stub — not mineable
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Forward model E

A single photodetector integrates scene radiance weighted by a sequence of m modulating patterns (Bernoulli, Gaussian, or structured bases); each pattern yields one scalar measurement. The m scalars form the compressed measurement vector.

L-DAG

S.pattern.random -> L.inner_product -> int.spatial -> D.scalar
S.pattern.randomL.inner_productint.spatialD.scalar

Well-posedness W

Existence:
true
Uniqueness:
true
Stability:
conditional
κ:
4000

Underdetermined (m << n) compressive recovery; random sensing matrices with i.i.d. Bernoulli/Gaussian entries satisfy RIP w.h.p. when m >= C * s * log(n/s) for s-sparse signals in a known basis.

Solvability C

Solver class:
L1-proximal (FISTA, ISTA, SPGL1), TV (GAP-TV), learned (LISTA, ISTA-Net)
Convergence rate q:
2
Complexity:
O(m * n) per iteration (dense Phi); O(n * log n) for structured Phi (Hadamard, noiselet)

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