Increased Visibility of Targets Submerged in Scattering Opaque Media and Polarimetric Techniques

Author

Giakos, G.C. ; Sukumar, Srinivas ; Valluru, Keerthisrivatsav ; Bathini, Praneeth ; Paturi, Sriram Atreya ; Ambadipudi, Kamalakar ; Wagenar, D. ; Adya, Vantana ; Reddy, M. ; Fraiwan, L. ; Sheffer, Danier B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH

Volume

57

Issue

12

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2777

Lastpage

2781

Abstract

The novelty of this paper is indicated by a series of experimental measurements aimed at enhancing the detectability of targets immersed in scattered solutions. The experimental results clearly show that polarimetric images of superior quality can be obtained by doping the background surrounding the target with polar or high-dielectric molecules, yielding an enhanced contrast and specificity of the target. In addition, it is observed that degree of linear polarization (DOLP) images exhibit superior image characteristics with respect to total intensity (S₀) images with the increase in the concentration of the optical scattering agents.

Keywords

light polarisation; light scattering; optical images; degree of linear polarization images; high-dielectric molecules; optical scattering agents; polar molecules; polarimetric images; polarimetric techniques; scattered solutions; scattering opaque media; superior image; total intensity images; Active polarimetric imaging; degree of linear polarization (DOLP); enhanced target detection in turbid media; molecular contrast agents; target detectability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2008.927193

Filename

4586174