Comparison and validation of point spread models for imaging in natural waters

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 9958-9965

  Hou, Weilin ^a   Gray, Deric J ^a   Weidemann, Alan D ^a   Arnone, Robert A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MINE RESCUE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RESTORATION; SEARCH ENGINES; UNDERWATER IMAGING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DIVER VISIBILITY; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; SCATTERING ALBEDOS; SCATTERING ANGLES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRESH WATER; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 46149123242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.009958     Document Type: Article

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