New pathways towards the enhancement of the image quality

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Giakos, G C ^a   Paturi, S Atreya ^a   Bathini, P ^a   Sukumar, S ^a   Ambadipudi, K ^a   Valium, K ^a   Wagenar, D ^a   Adya, V ^a   Reddy, M ^a  

^a University of Akron

Author keywords

Biomolecular nanophotonics; Enhanced polarimetric target detection; High index of refraction nanoparticles; Novel molecular contrast agents; Polar molecules

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONICS; TARGET TRACKING;

BIOMOLECULAR NANOPHOTONICS; ENHANCED POLARIMETRIC TARGET DETECTION; HIGH INDEX OF REFRACTION NANOPARTICLES; NOVEL MOLECULAR CONTRAST AGENTS; POLAR MOLECULES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 34748852404     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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