Three-dimensional facial recognition using passive long-wavelength infrared polarimetric imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 53, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 8514-8521

  Yuffa, Alex J ^a   Gurton, Kristan P ^a   Videen, Gorden ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION;

ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; BACKGROUND SIGNALS; DEGREE OF LINEAR POLARIZATION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FRESNEL COEFFICIENT; FRESNEL RELATIONS; LONG-WAVELENGTH INFRARED; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING;

FACE RECOGNITION;

EID: 84942365262     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.008514     Document Type: Article

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