Spiral phase filtering and orientation-selective edge detection/enhancement

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1788-1797

  Situ, Guohai ^a   Pedrini, Giancarlo ^a   Osten, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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EID: 85010138219     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.001788     Document Type: Article

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