Advances in large-area photomosaicking underwater

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 872-886

  Singh, Hanumant ^a   Howland, Jonathan ^a   Pizarro, Oscar ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosaicking; Optical imaging; Underwater vehicles

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY;

MOSAICKING; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHOTOMOSAIC; UNDERWATER LIGHTING;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 9244230603     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.831619     Document Type: Article

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