Embodiments of the present invention can estimate an image using an
encodement provided by an optical component, an encodement provided by a
detector array, or both an encodement provided by an optical component
and an encodement provided by a detector array. The original image can be
encoded with a dispersed point spread function created by the optical
component. The detector array can be encoded with a pixel sampling
function. The encoded image is measured using the detector array. An
estimated image can be calculated from the pixel sampling function and
the measured image, the dispersed point spread function and the measured
image, or the dispersed point spread function, the pixel sampling
function, and the measured image. The number of pixels in the estimated
image is greater than the number of measurements in the measured image.