In direct methods of contrast enhancement, a contrast measure is first defined, which is then modified by a mapping function to generate the pixel value of the enhanced image. Various mapping functions such as the squ...
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Two commonly used optical correlation techniques, matched spatial filtering and joint-Fourier transform correlation, are briefly reviewed. A recently proposed real-time joint-Fourier transform correlation is then disc...
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Real-time non-linear imageprocessing has been achieved using an active optical scanning technique. This paper reports experimental results in edge extraction for both binary and grey-scale transmissive objects. Binar...
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Real-time non-linear imageprocessing has been achieved using an active optical scanning technique. This paper reports experimental results in edge extraction for both binary and grey-scale transmissive objects. Binary edge extraction is achieved using morphological transformations, while grey-scale edge extraction is achieved using a threshold decomposition technique. Advantages and limitations of both techniques are identified.
Conventional subband coding for image data compression uses two-dimensional (2-D) separable QMF banks in which the analysis and synthesis filters are composed of 1-D filters. Such an implementation produces a large si...
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Recently, a very simple nonlinear algorithm, the so-called Teager's algorithm, has been introduced to calculate the energy of a one-dimensional sequence [1]. In this paper, this algorithm is extended to two-dimens...
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An algorithm for detecting neural processes in serial optical sections for use in an automated three-dimensional neural reconstruction system is presented. This parsimonious, nonlinear, psychophysically motivated algo...
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An algorithm for detecting neural processes in serial optical sections for use in an automated three-dimensional neural reconstruction system is presented. This parsimonious, nonlinear, psychophysically motivated algorithm addresses the problems specific to neural element detection and localization, viz., images with minimal resolution, operators with small spatial supports, highly curved, filamentous features, large variation in feature intensity profile, poor signal-to-noise ratio, and determination of depth without stereo. One first finds the magnitude and orientation of the maximum intensity second directional derivative. A family of curves is locally fitted to these data, and the projections of the data on the curve family are found. If a pixel lies on a curve with sufficient total projection, it is labeled with the magnitude, orientation, curvature, spatial extent, and element displacement. Depth is interpolated from the spatial extent data for corresponding neighborhoods in three adjacent (in depth) images by using an approximation to the depth-dependent optical point spread function. Experimental results using photomicrographs of cat visual cortex are presented.< >
An acousto-optic cell can be characterized in terms of the spatial impulse response or a transfer function that relates the angular plane-wave spectrum of the output light field to that of the input light field. A gen...
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An acousto-optic cell can be characterized in terms of the spatial impulse response or a transfer function that relates the angular plane-wave spectrum of the output light field to that of the input light field. A general methodology for calculating the acousto-optic impulse response and transfer function is developed. This methodology is then specifically applied to the case of acousto-optic cells with and without Hamming apodization of the sound field. Results are obtained and compared with analytical expressions for the conventional Bragg cell for a typical value of the Klein–Cook Q parameter and sound intensity. Finally, implications of the results relating to beam shaping in the scattered light field are discussed.
An exact solution for the cross-correlation between two different circular apertures under defocused conditions in a two-pupil system is derived. The result is directly applicable to finding the optical transfer funct...
An exact solution for the cross-correlation between two different circular apertures under defocused conditions in a two-pupil system is derived. The result is directly applicable to finding the optical transfer function (OTF) for standard examples including annular apertures. Some novel examples leading to OTFs showing bandpass and band-reject properties are also investigated.
Real-time imageprocessing has been achieved by using an optical scanning system in conjunction with electronic hardware. A report of experimental results on edge extraction and image thresholding for transmissive obj...
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Real-time imageprocessing has been achieved by using an optical scanning system in conjunction with electronic hardware. A report of experimental results on edge extraction and image thresholding for transmissive objects is presented. Advantages and limitations of the techniques are identified. The results indicate that real-time edge extraction and image thresholding can be satisfactorily achieved.< >
A qualitative study is made of the image reconstruction capabilities of binary phase-only filters (BPOFs) and the binary Hartley phase-only filters (BHPOFs). It is found that the BPOF and BHPOF reconstruct edge-enhanc...
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A qualitative study is made of the image reconstruction capabilities of binary phase-only filters (BPOFs) and the binary Hartley phase-only filters (BHPOFs). It is found that the BPOF and BHPOF reconstruct edge-enhanced versions of the original object functions and that the image reconstruction of the BHPOF is better than that of the BPOF. However, for some applications such as optical interconnections, edge enhanced reconstruction is not desirable. Filled image reconstruction is achieved by using a Gaussian apodized mask on the BPOF and BHPOF. Also, a real-time hybrid optical system for such filled image reconstruction is presented.< >
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