Ranging and three-dimensional imaging using time-correlated single-photon counting and point-by-point acquisition

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1006-1015

  Buller, Gerald S ^a,b   Wallace, Andrew M ^b,c  

^a IEEE

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Distance measurement; Imaging; Laser radar; Markov processes; Maximum likelihood estimation; Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED TARGETS; NONCOOPERATIVE TARGETS; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; SURFACE MAPPING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34648846054     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.902850     Document Type: Article

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