We have developed color image processingsystems based on spectral reflectance information for color recording and reproduction of natural color objects. This system consists of a multiband acquisition system and comp...
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We have developed color image processingsystems based on spectral reflectance information for color recording and reproduction of natural color objects. This system consists of a multiband acquisition system and computer. The developed multiband acquisition system is composed of five band filters and a CCD camera.
It has been recognized early on that digitizing medical information makes diagnostic technology more advanced and efficient. In order to convert image information, which comprises the majority of all medical informati...
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(纸本)0819431303
It has been recognized early on that digitizing medical information makes diagnostic technology more advanced and efficient. In order to convert image information, which comprises the majority of all medical information, into digital data, various technologies including those for input, processing, transmission storage, and display need to develop at roughly the same pace. To date, there have been few cases where this has been done. However, recent major advances in high-resolution image input/output, image encoding, super-fast transmission, high-capacity storage, and other technologies have intensified the drive towards digitizing and networking all medical information. This paper will show that the spread of super-high-speed networks capable of transmitting large amounts of data in a short time is indispensable for accurate medical diagnosis, and that this will make it possible to realize an integrated medical information system. A target application for the medical image diagnosis of the Super High Definition (SHD) images being developed by the authors of this paper is telepathology, which particularly demands high-quality images. In this paper, we will study, among other things, the concrete issues crucial to building and networking a digital system and the approach to resolving such issues. We will also report on the building of our experimental system that fulfils such demands as well as discuss a pathological microscopic image transmission system with image quality that will not lower diagnostic accuracy and fast response and good operability that will not make diagnosticians feel impatient. Finally, we will discuss a test in which we remotely operated a microscope over an ATM line to prove that it is possible to capture, transmit, and display a still super-high-definition digital image with a resolution of 2,048 x 2,048 pixels in about 5 seconds.
An all-optical image brightness amplifier is a key device in parallel optical data processingsystems. It works like an Er-doped fiber amplifier in optical fiber communication systems. The laser image amplifier can re...
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An all-optical image brightness amplifier is a key device in parallel optical data processingsystems. It works like an Er-doped fiber amplifier in optical fiber communication systems. The laser image amplifier can recover the energy loss of the spatially two-dimensional and temporally one-dimensional optical signal without losing the phase information of the light. Recently, solid dye laser materials have improved steadily, and the dye doped polymer amplifier is now commercially available. Also, diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser systems also become very popular. Thus, the reality of a compact all solid state laser image amplifier system is growing. In the paper, we show the basic performance of the polymer dye laser amplifier system for an image amplification system.
The growing interest in optical interconnects at module and PCB level (printed circuit board) results from the request for higher data rates and increased performance. Using glass and polymer optical fibers together w...
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The growing interest in optical interconnects at module and PCB level (printed circuit board) results from the request for higher data rates and increased performance. Using glass and polymer optical fibers together with optoelectronic components, light is introduced as a transport medium for information transfer, preventing cross-talk and electrical attenuation at high frequencies. The optical interconnection technology within these components is well developed. But in general these components are pigtailed. The result is that the systems involving electrical and optical functionality cannot be assembled by SMD processing (surface mounted devices) at board and module level. Additional pick and place steps are necessary. Here the EOCB approach (electrical optical circuit board) will provide a solution. Within the PCB an additional optical layer with waveguiding structures serves as optical interconnection wiring. That means this new carrier can inexpensively merge with current methods of commercial manufacturing equipment. In the result the assembly process will be more effective.
The field of remote sensing and sensor technology has undergone tremendous development in the past decades. Sensor technologies of all kinds such as electro-optics, acoustic, active/passive UV to LWIR, ground-penetrat...
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The field of remote sensing and sensor technology has undergone tremendous development in the past decades. Sensor technologies of all kinds such as electro-optics, acoustic, active/passive UV to LWIR, ground-penetrating radar, passive mm wavelength, X-ray tomography, neutron activation imaging, multispectral, hyper-spectral, and ultra-spectral imaging, provide valuable images that normal CCD cameras cannot offer. By combining algorithms and images taken by sensors at different ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, we are able to extract valuable images automatically. By using multi-spectral images and processing them with neural network computing, our "third eye" team is able to extract human face features from those images. We present an application for detecting human facial parts, images taken by different imaging systems and sensors, and the current status of image processing applications.
Summary form only given. One option for self alignment is to use ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) to form a high speed no moving part 2/spl times/2 fibre optic switch (FOS). Recently, we proposed a simple 2/spl ti...
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Summary form only given. One option for self alignment is to use ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) to form a high speed no moving part 2/spl times/2 fibre optic switch (FOS). Recently, we proposed a simple 2/spl times/2 FOS using FLCs. In this paper, we demonstrate the properties of this FOS.
In this paper, a computerized device with the CCD camera for the automatic determination of important surface properties of liquid and solid in contact is described. This device is based on image processingalgorithms...
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In this paper, a computerized device with the CCD camera for the automatic determination of important surface properties of liquid and solid in contact is described. This device is based on image processingalgorithms. The system is capable of measuring the surface tension (surface energy) of liquid and the wettability of a solid surface in the wide range of temperatures, up to 1800/spl deg/C. The results obtained with this device are far more accurate than those obtained by means of the currently applied, extremely time consuming non-automatic methods and the operator's subjective evaluation.
Summary form only given, as follows. The video systems on MBARI's Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Ventana and Tiburon, are the single most important data source. Real-time images are uplinked for scientific obs...
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Summary form only given, as follows. The video systems on MBARI's Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Ventana and Tiburon, are the single most important data source. Real-time images are uplinked for scientific observation, used as data for post mission processing, and provide visual information for the pilots operating the vehicles. Advances in digital electronics and data compression algorithms combined with the United States Governments desire to remain competitive in the international television market has resulted in the approval in 1996 of a new television format, the Digital Television (DTV) standard, that provides a five times increase in video image resolution. The MBARI High Definition Television (HDTV) project is a development effort that is implementing this emerging technology on their ROVs. In order to use DTV 1920 X 1080 standard HDTV equipment on an ROV several technical problems had to be addressed. The major design challenges were uplinking the very high data rate video signal, maintaining the extremely high resolution imaging though the camera housing optical dome correction optics, and repackaging a commercially available camera for 4000 meter ocean depths. The development of the optical uplink for the 1.485 Gb/sec HDTV serial data was constrained by the requirement of having all camera related functions use a maximum of one optical fiber, which provides a direct link from the camera housing itself to the ship based ROV control room. The original camera image quality is preserved to the digital HDTV recorder by conforming to the SMPTE 292M digital video standard for the entire transport and recording system and remaining in the optical domain as much as possible. This is accomplished by placing the optical transceivers within the remote camera housing.
The phase-encoded joint transform correlator as a decoder of an optical double random phase encoding system is described. By using the phase-encoded joint transform correlator, it is possible to decode the encrypted i...
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ISBN:
(纸本)081942921X
The phase-encoded joint transform correlator as a decoder of an optical double random phase encoding system is described. By using the phase-encoded joint transform correlator, it is possible to decode the encrypted image with the same random phase mask which was used in the encryption procedure. The decoding algorithm and opticalsystems are described. Computer simulations confirm the proposed decoding algorithm.
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