Statistical analysis of measurement processes for time-of-flight cameras

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7447, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mufti, Faisal ^a   Mahony, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D Time of flight; Maximum likelihood; PMD; Range error Analysis; Rice distribution; SNR; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

3D TIME-OF-FLIGHT; PMD; RANGE ERROR ANALYSIS; RICE DISTRIBUTION; SNR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; CAMERAS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PHASE SHIFT; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70350771305     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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