Hologram Reconstructor

This project is a Python application that reconstructs holograms. It uses multiprocessing to speed up the reconstruction process and provides options for edge detection and blob detection. The reconstructed images can be visualized with a slider or saved as separate files.

Features

• Multiprocessing: The application uses multiprocessing to speed up the reconstruction process.
• Edge Detection: The application provides an option to apply edge detection to the reconstructed images.
• Blob Detection: The application provides an option to apply blob detection to the reconstructed images.
• Image Visualization: The reconstructed images can be visualized with a slider.
• Image Saving: The reconstructed images can be saved as separate files.

Usage

To use the application, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository and install the necessary libraries as described in the "Getting Started" section.
2. The main.py script in your project accepts several command-line arguments that control its behavior. Here are the options:

• --apply_edges: If this option is provided, the script will apply edge detection to the reconstructed images.
• --visualize: If this option is provided, the script will visualize the reconstructed images with a slider.
• --apply_blob_detection: If this option is provided, the script will apply blob detection to the reconstructed images.
• --save_as_separate: If this option is provided, the script will save each reconstructed image as a separate file.

You can use these options by appending them to the python main.py command. For example, if you want to apply edge detection and visualize the results with a slider, you can run:

python main.py --apply_edges --visualize

If you want to apply blob detection and save each image separately, you can run:

python main.py --apply_blob_detection --save_as_separate

More features -- like reconstruction heights, number of reconstructions, and the optical assembly parameters can be configured in main.py. These need to be changed in the code when you make your optical assembly, but remain constant as long as the setup is not changed.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

The project requires Python 3.9 or higher and pip installed on your machine.

Cloning the Repository

To clone the repository, open a terminal and run the following command:

git clone [email protected]:/MarnixMeersman/Hologram_Reconstructor.git

Installing the Required Libraries

Navigate to the project directory and run the following command to install the required libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt