Efficiency of image processing architectures near the focal plane array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6206 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Caulfield, J T ^a   McCarley, P L ^b   Curzan, J P ^c   Massie, M A ^c  

^a Cyan Systems   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Nova Sensors   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically Inspired Processing; Focal Plane Array; FPA; Image Processing; Infrared; Parallel Processing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED PROCESSING; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; FPA; PARALLEL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; INFRARED RADIATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33747697779     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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