An embedded processor for real-time atmoshperic compensation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7341, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bodnar, Michael R ^a   Curt, Petersen F ^a   Ortiz, Fernando E ^a   Carrano, Carmen J ^b   Kelmelis, Eric J ^a  

^a EM PHOTONICS INC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric compensation; Average bispectrum speckle; Embedded image processing; FPGA; Long range imaging; Real time

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPENSATION; AVERAGE BISPECTRUM SPECKLE; EMBEDDED IMAGE PROCESSING; FPGA; LONG-RANGE IMAGING; REAL-TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SPECKLE; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 69549128144     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.817906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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