Noise-residue filtering of interferometric phase images

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1962-1974

  Nico, Giovanni ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PHASE IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0001453061     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001962     Document Type: Article

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