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CLEAN (algorithm)

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The CLEAN algorithm is a computational algorithm to perform a deconvolution on images created in radio astronomy. It was published by Jan Högbom in 1974[1] and several variations have been proposed since [2].

The algorithm assumes that the image consists of a number of point sources. It will iteratively find the highest value in the image and subtract a small gain of this point source convolved with the point spread function ("dirty beam") of the observation, until the highest value is smaller than some threshold.

References

  1. ^ Aperture Synthesis with a Non-Regular Distribution of Interferometer Baselines, original publication by Jan Högbom about CLEAN, in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, Vol. 15, p.417
  2. ^ The family of CLEAN algorithms, a chapter from the MAPPING software manual
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