| 1 | Introduction: Statistical Optics, Inverse Problems |  | 
| 2 | Fourier Optics Overview |  | 
| 3 | Random Variables: Basic Definitions, Moments | G2.1-4 | 
| 4 | Random Variables: Transformations, Gaussians | G2.5-9 | 
| 5 | Examples: Probability Theory and Statistics | Notes | 
| 6 | Random Processes: Definitions, Gaussian, Poisson | G3.1-7 | 
| 7 | Examples: Gaussian Processes | Notes | 
| 8 | Random Processes: Analytic Representation | G3.8-10 | 
| 9 | Examples: Complex Gaussian Processes | Notes | 
| 10 | 1st-Order Light Statistics | G4.1-4 | 
| 11 | Examples: Thermal and Laser Light | Notes | 
| 12 | 2nd-Order Light Statistics: Coherence | G5.1-3 | 
| 13 | Example: Integrated Intensity | G6.1 | 
| 14 | The van Cittert-Zernicke Theorem | G5.4-6 | 
| 15 | Example: Diffraction from an Aperture | G5.7 | 
| 16 | The Intensity Interferometer
  Speckle | G6.3
  7.5 | 
| 17 | Examples: Stellar Interferometer, Radio Astronomy, Optical Coherence Tomography | Notes | 
| 18 | Effects of Partial Coherence on Imaging | Class | 
| 19 | Information Theory: Entropy, Mutual Information | Notes | 
| 20 | Example: Gaussian Channels | Notes | 
| 21 | Convolutions, Sampling, Fourier Transforms
  Information-Theoretic View of Inverse Problems | B2.1-7
  and Notes | 
| 22 | Imaging Channels
  Regularization | B3.1-5,
  5.1-3 | 
| 23 | Inverse Problem Case Study: Tomography
  Radon Transform, Slice Projection Theorem | B8.2-3
  9.5, 11.1 | 
| 24 | Filtered Backprojection | B11.2-3 | 
| 25 | Super-Resolution and Image Restoration | B10.1-5, 11.4-5 | 
| 26 | Information-Theoretic Performance of Inversion Methods | Class |