Characteristic recognition ghost imaging with pseudo-thermal light Xuanpengfan Zou, Yanfeng Bai, Wei Tan, Xianwei Huang, Qin Fu, Liyu Zhou and Xiquan Fu Eur. Phys. J. D, 79 6 (2025) 71 Published online: 24 June 2025 DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-025-00978-z