Histogram equalization of Young's fringes in speckle photography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4777, Issue , 2002, Pages 27-30

  Singh, Tushar ^a   Vikram, Chandra S ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction halo; Fringe contrast; Histogram equalization; Sensitivity; Speckle photography

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SPECKLE PHOTOGRAPHY;

SPECKLE;

EID: 0036417194     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472246     Document Type: Article

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