Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate Research Areas

Signal Processing for Imaging Systems

Advisor: Young, Susan S. (ssyoung@arl.army.mil 301.394.0230)
Adelphi, MD

Keywords: Signal Processing, Image Processing, Performance Analysis, Imaging Theory, Image Degradation, Image Fusion, Information Theory, Signal Modeling, Image Quality

In today’s imaging systems, many factors from the image formation and recording affect sensor performance and image quality. This can result in loss of high-frequency information or low contrast in an image. It is desirable to develop signal and image processing algorithms to enhance the image quality or remove the image degradation phenomena. This research opportunity considers: 1) development of optimal signal and image processing technologies to recover the useful high-frequency components that are lost or corrupted in the image; 2) determination of the overall imaging system performance when signal and image processing is included as a component of the imaging system.

References:
1.  S. Susan Young, Ronald G. Driggers, and Eddie L. Jacobs, Signal Processing and Performance Analysis for Imaging Systems, Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2008.
2.  S. S. Young and R. G. Driggers, “Super-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of aliased imagery,” Applied Optics, vol. 45, no. 21, pp. 5073 – 5085, July 2006.