Imagery improvements in staring infrared imagers by employing subpixel microscan

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Wiltse, John M ^a   Miller, John L ^a  

^a FLIR Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliasing; Dither; Microscan; Resolution; Sampling; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; JITTER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SCANNING;

ALIASING; DITHER; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; MICROSCANNING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 24044542663     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1917312     Document Type: Article

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