Analog image contouring using a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal display

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 19163-19168

  Flores, Jorge L ^a   Ferrari, José A ^b   Ramos, Javier A ^b   Alonso, Julia R ^b   Fernández, Ariel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUIDS;

COHERENT ILLUMINATION; LARGE IMAGES; MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL PROCESSING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESSED IMAGES; TWISTED-NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 77956366216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019163     Document Type: Article

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