Polarization-based vision through haze

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 511-525

  Schechner, Yoav Y ^a   Narasimhan, Srinivasa G ^a   Nayar, Shree K ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTER VISION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

DEHAZING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037455507     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000511     Document Type: Article

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