Imagery-derived modulation transfer function and its applications for underwater imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6696, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hou, Weilin ^a   Weidemann, Alan D ^a   Gray, Deric J ^a   Fournier, Georges R ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image restoration; MCM; MTF; Ocean optics; Polarization

Indexed keywords

OCEAN OPTICS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

UNDERWATER IMAGING;

EID: 42149117731     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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