Multi-spectral mid-infrared laser stand-off imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6572-6586

  Wang, Yi ^a   Wang, Yang ^a,b   Le, Han Q ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

2-DIMENSIONAL (2D) MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; COLORLESS OBJECTS; INFRARED LASERS; LASER IMAGING PHENOMENOLOGY;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 24144478875     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006572     Document Type: Review

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