Grey level and noise evaluation of a foveon X3 image sensor: A statistical and experimental approach

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 10339-10368

  Riutort Mayol, Gabriel ^a   Marqués Mateu, Ángel ^a   Seguí, Ana Elena ^a   Lerma, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design of experiments (DoE); Digital image; Grey level values; Linear model (LM); Noise; Photon transfer method (PTM); Radiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865358425     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120810339     Document Type: Article

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