Resolution limits for time-of-flight imaging laser radar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5816, Issue , 2005, Pages 270-276

  Khoury, J ^a   Woods, C L ^a   Lorenzo, J ^a   Kierstead, J ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOLID STATE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Image Enhancement; Image Recognition; LADAR

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECOGNITION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; QUANTUM NOISE; TIME-OF FLIGHT;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 27644560456     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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