RT Journal Article T1 Estimation of the orientation term of the general quadrature transform from a single n-dimensional fringe pattern A1 Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio A1 Servín Guirado, Manuel A1 Marroquín Zaleta, José Luis A1 Crespo Vázquez, Daniel AB The spatial orientation of the fringe has been demonstrated to be a key point in the reliable phase demodulation from a single n-dimensional fringe pattern regardless of the frequency spectrum of the signal. The recently introduced general n-dimensional quadrature transform (GQT) makes explicit the importance of the fringe orientation in the demodulation process. The GQT is a quadrature operator that transforms cos φ into -sin φ-where φ is the modulating phase-and it is composed of two terms: an orientation factor directly related to the fringe's spatial orientation and an isotropic n-dimensional generalization of the one-dimensional Hilbert transform. We present a method for the determination of the orientation factor in a general n-dimensional case and its application to the demodulation of a single fringe pattern by the GQT. We have tested the algorithm with simulated as well as real photoelastic fringe patterns with good results. PB Optical Society of America SN 1084-7529 YR 2005 FD 2005-03 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50809 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50809 LA eng NO © 2005 Optical Society of America.We acknowledge the economic support of this work given by project DPI2002-02104 of the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain and by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, México. Figure 6(a) is courtesy of NDT Expert, Toulouse, France; www.ndt-expert.fr. NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain NO Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, México DS Docta Complutense RD 6 jul 2025