Photon-counting compressive sensing laser radar for 3D imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 5917-5920

  Howland, G A ^a   Dixon, P B ^a   Howell, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED SENSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTONS; PIXELS; RADAR; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION;

3D IMAGING; COMPRESSIVE SENSING; PHOTON COUNTING; PIXEL ARRAYS; RESOURCE-EFFICIENT; SINGLE PIXEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 80155148842     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.005917     Document Type: Article

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