Optical properties filtering using Mueller's formalism: Application to laser imaging

Optik

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 289-297

  Guyot, S ^a   Vezien C ^a   Clairac, B ^a   Fontas, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Diattenuation retardance; Imagery; Mueller's matrices; Polarization

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; LASER IMAGING;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0345393196     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00264     Document Type: Article

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