Method for depixelating micro-endoscopic images

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1836-1842

  Dickens, Molly M ^a   Houlne, Michael P ^b   Mitra, Sunanda ^a   Bornhop, Darryl J ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER OPTICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEPIXELATING MICROENDOSCOPIC IMAGES;

ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033225935     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602235     Document Type: Article

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