DC suppression in in-line digital holographic microscopes on the basis of an intensity-averaging method using variable pixel numbers

A simple method has been developed to suppress the DC term in in-line digital holographic microscope images. The technique is based on the use of the average intensity of a variable number of pixels rather than a fixed number of pixels. The DC-suppression ratio is similar to that associated with the averaging method proposed by Kreis and Juptner, while the image quality resulting from the new method is higher. This method can potentially yield significant improvements in the quality of reconstructed images.