Polarization measurements using a commercial off-the-shelf digital camera

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Matchko, Roy M ^a,b   Gerhart, Grant R ^a,b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital imaging; Image acquisition and recording; Image processing; Polarimetry; Polarization; Visual polarization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECORDING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF DIGITAL CAMERA; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ACQUISITION; VISUAL POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 19044379186     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1847655     Document Type: Article

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