Information theoretical optimization for optical range sensors

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 5418-5426

  Wagner, Christoph ^a   Häusler, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; HARDWARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL RANGE SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0141887324     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005418     Document Type: Article

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