Portable polarimetric underwater imaging system with a linear response

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5432, Issue , 2004, Pages 106-115

  Karpel, Nir ^a   Schechner, Yoav Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Photoelastic effect; Polarimetric imaging; Polarization; Remote sensing; Underwater imaging

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOELASTICITY; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; PHOTOELASTIC EFFECTS; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 5044234513     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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