A method and system for performing three-dimensional pattern recognition by use of digital holography is disclosed. The complex amplitude distribution generated by an object is recorded by phase-shifting interferometry. The digital hologram contains information about the objects shape, location, and orientation. This information allows one to perform multi-dimensional pattern-recognition methods with a high degree of discrimination and to measure three-dimensional orientation changes.

 
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