Spectral sensitivity optimization of color image sensors considering photon shot noise

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kuniba, Hideyasu ^a   Berns, Roy S ^b  

^a NIKON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR ACCURACY; COLOR FILTERS; COLOR IMAGE SENSORS; COLOR REPRODUCTION; COLOR TRANSFORMATION; FILTER OPTIMIZATION; FILTER SETS; FOUR-CHANNEL; IMAGE NOISE; NOISE AMPLIFICATION; NOISE COMPONENTS; NOISE FLUCTUATIONS; PEAK WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SENSORS; SHOT NOISE; SPECTROSCOPY;

COLOR;

EID: 77949288062     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3116562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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