Signal Processing and Performance Analysis for Imaging Systems

From image resampling to image fusion, this hands-on book brings a wealth of cutting-edge signal and image processing tools into focus. You get step-by-step details on a super-resolution image reconstruction methods that produces superior high-resolution images from low-cost, low-resolution video. You discover an image deblur/restoration technique that works even in the presence of high noise. The book includes contrast enhancement tools for generating the highest-contrast images in low-light situations, as well as non-uniformity correction (NUC) methods that most effectively reduce fixed-pattern noise from the imaging sensor. What's more, the book presents a special tone scale technique that creates the best image presentation whether on-screen or in print. You also find powerful image fusion techniques for improving such tasks as target recognition and identification. This well-illustrated book is supported with nearly 350 time-saving equations.

S. Susan Young is a research scientist with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Previously, she was a Research Associate at the Department of Radiation Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Later, she became a Senior Research Scientist at Health Imaging Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company. She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering at SUNY Buffalo. She has published over 50 papers in reputable journals and conferences. She holds six patents for inventions that are related to medical diagnostic imaging, image compression, image enhancement, pattern analysis, and image super-resolution. She is a recipient of a 2007 U.S. Army Research and Development Achievement Award.

Ronald G. Driggers is director of the Modeling and Simulation Division in the U.S. Army Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate. He is the author or co-author of several books in the field including Introduction to Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems and Surveillance and Reconnaissance Imaging Systems (Artech House, 1999, 2001), editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, and associate editor of Applied Optics. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Memphis.

Eddie L. Jacobs is an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Memphis and former branch chief of the Sensor Performance Modeling team at the U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate. He received his D.Sc in electrophysics from The George Washington University.