Three-Dimensional Visualization of Long Range Scenes by Photon Counting Mid-Wave Infrared Integral Imaging

Author

Latorre-Carmona, Pedro ; Javidi, Bahram ; LeMaster, Daniel A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of New Imaging Technol., Univ. Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

2015

Firstpage

908

Lastpage

912

Abstract

Integral imaging under photon counting conditions has found different three-dimensional (3D) imaging applications, including 3D image reconstruction and recognition. In this paper, we present the application of the maximum-likelihood (ML) estimation method for visualization of 3D scenes in photon starved environments using mid-wave infrared 3D data of real scenes acquired at distances ranging from 50 m to more than 2 km. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on mid-wave infrared 3D photon counting integral imaging of distant scenes.

Keywords

infrared imaging; maximum likelihood estimation; photon counting; 3D scenes visualization; long range scenes; maximum-likelihood estimation method; mid-wave infrared integral imaging; photon counting; photon starved environments; three-dimensional visualization; Image reconstruction; Imaging; Multiresolution analysis; PSNR; Photonics; Three-dimensional displays; Computational integral imaging (CII); infrared imaging; passive 3D imaging; photon counting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Display Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1551-319X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JDT.2014.2384478

Filename

6994211