Multi-object feature defection and error correction for NIF automatic optical alignment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6310, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Awwal, Abdul A S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated optical alignment; Image processing; Image quality detection and error detection; Object identification; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED OPTICAL ALIGNMENT; IMAGE QUALITY DETECTION; MULTIOBJECT DETECTION;

ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER BEAMS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

IGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750712107     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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