Dead pixel replacement in LWIR microgrid polarimeters

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7596-7609

  Ratliff, Bradley M ^a   Tyo, J Scott ^b   Boger, James K ^a   Black, Wiley T ^a   Bowers, David L ^a   Fetrow, Matthew P ^c  

^a APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PIXELS; POLARIZATION; REDUNDANCY;

DEAD PIXEL REPLACEMENT (DPR); IMAGING ARRAYS; MICROPOLARIZERS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 34250198298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007596     Document Type: Article

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