Abstract

An examination of recent trends in imaging reveals a movement toward systems that balance processing between optics and electronics. Imaging applications include conventional imaging to produce visually pleasing images, special purpose imaging whose output is also an image but with enhanced characteristics, and functional imaging to produce information about a scene from optical data. We identify three approaches to computational imaging that are capable of achieving these goals: wavefront encoding, multiplex imaging, and feature extraction.

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

K. Kubala and E. Dowski, “Reducing complexity in computational imaging systems,” Opt. Express 11, 2102–2108 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2102.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. A. Neifeld and P. Shankar, “Feature-Specific Imaging,” Appl. Opt. 42, 3379–3389 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2002 (2)

2001 (1)

1999 (1)

1998 (1)

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

1997 (1)

1996 (1)

1995 (2)

1994 (1)

1993 (1)

W.B. Veldkamp, “Wireless focal planes: On the road to amacronic sensors,” J. Quantum Electronics, IEEE JQE-29, 801–813 (1993).
[Crossref]

1989 (1)

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1968 (1)

R. H. Dicke, “Scatter-hole cameras for X rays and gamma rays,” Astrophys. J. 153, L101–L106 (1968).
[Crossref]

1955 (1)

H. H. Hopkins, “The frequency response of a defocused optical system,” Proc. Roy. Soc. A 231, 91–103 (1955).
[Crossref]

1948 (1)

D. Gabor, “A new microscopic principle,” Nature 161, 777–778 (1948).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Adibi, A.

Arai, J.

Armstrong, E. E.

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

Ashok, A.

Barnard, K. J.

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

Bognar, J. G.

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

Brady, D. J.

Casasent, D. P.

D. P. Casasent, “Hybrid Processors,” in Optical Information Processing, S.-H. Lee, ed., Topics in Applied Physics48 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981), 181–233.
[Crossref]

Cathey, W. T.

Dereniak, E.

Descour, M.

Dicke, R. H.

R. H. Dicke, “Scatter-hole cameras for X rays and gamma rays,” Astrophys. J. 153, L101–L106 (1968).
[Crossref]

Dowski, E.

Dowski, E. R.

Euliss, G. W.

J. van der Gracht and G. W. Euliss, “Information optimized extended depth-of-field imaging system,” in Visual Information ProcessingX, S. Park and Z. Rahman, eds., Proc SPIE4388, 103–112 (2001).
[Crossref]

Foulger, S. H.

Gabor, D.

D. Gabor, “A new microscopic principle,” Nature 161, 777–778 (1948).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Goodman, J. W.

Gopinathan, U.

Hardie, R. C.

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

Hasenplaugh, W. C.

M. A. Neifeld and W. C. Hasenplaugh, “High-resolution optical imaging using an array of low-resolution cameras,” Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America 2002, September 29-October 3, 2002.

Hopkins, H. H.

H. H. Hopkins, “The frequency response of a defocused optical system,” Proc. Roy. Soc. A 231, 91–103 (1955).
[Crossref]

Hoshino, H.

Hounsfield, G. N.

G. N. Hounsfield, “Computed Medical Imaging,” 1979 Nobel Lecture, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1979/hounsfield-lecture.pdf (accessed 14 July 2003).

Ichioka, Y.

Ishida, K.

Itoh, K.

Jones, T. E.

T. E. Jones, History of the Light Microscope, Chap. 1, http://spidey.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch773/zimmerman/c1.html (accessed 14 July 2003).

Kitamura, Y.

Kondou, N.

Kubala, K.

Kumagai, T.

Marks, D. L.

Matic, R. M.

Miyamoto, M.

Miyatake, S.

Miyazaki, D.

Morimoto, T.

Neifeld, M. A.

Ohtsuka, Y

Okano, F.

Pal, H. S.

Pitsianis, N. P.

Potuluri, P.

Rosen, J.

Shankar, P.

Shogenji, R.

Stack, R. A.

Sullivan, M. E.

Tanida, J.

van der Gracht, J.

J. van der Gracht and G. W. Euliss, “Information optimized extended depth-of-field imaging system,” in Visual Information ProcessingX, S. Park and Z. Rahman, eds., Proc SPIE4388, 103–112 (2001).
[Crossref]

Veldkamp, W.B.

W.B. Veldkamp, “Wireless focal planes: On the road to amacronic sensors,” J. Quantum Electronics, IEEE JQE-29, 801–813 (1993).
[Crossref]

Wang, Z.

Watson, E. A.

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

Xu, M.

Xu, Z.

Yamada, K.

Yariv, A.

Yuyama, I.

Appl. Opt. (8)

Astrophys. J. (1)

R. H. Dicke, “Scatter-hole cameras for X rays and gamma rays,” Astrophys. J. 153, L101–L106 (1968).
[Crossref]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A (3)

J. Quantum Electronics, IEEE (1)

W.B. Veldkamp, “Wireless focal planes: On the road to amacronic sensors,” J. Quantum Electronics, IEEE JQE-29, 801–813 (1993).
[Crossref]

Nature (1)

D. Gabor, “A new microscopic principle,” Nature 161, 777–778 (1948).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Opt. Engr. (1)

R. C. Hardie, K. J. Barnard, J. G. Bognar, E. E. Armstrong, and E. A. Watson, “High-resolution image reconstruction from a sequence of rotated and translated frames and its application to an infrared imaging system,” Opt. Engr. 37, 247–260 (1998).
[Crossref]

Opt. Express (7)

H. S. Pal and M. A. Neifeld, “Multispectral principal component imaging,” Opt. Express 11, 2118–2125 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2118.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Ashok and M. A. Neifeld, “Information-based analysis of simple incoherent imaging systems,” Opt. Express 11, 2153–2162 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2153.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

U. Gopinathan, D. J. Brady, and N. P. Pitsianis, “Coded apertures for efficient pyroelectric motion tracking,” Opt. Express 11, 2142–2152 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2142.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

P. Potuluri, M. Xu, and D. J. Brady, “Imaging with random 3D reference structures,” Opt. Express 11, 2134–2141 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2134.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Z. Xu, Z. Wang, M. E. Sullivan, D. J. Brady, S. H. Foulger, and A. Adibi, “Multimodal multiplex spectroscopy using photonic crystals,” Opt. Express 11, 2126–2133 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2126.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Tanida, R. Shogenji, Y. Kitamura, K. Yamada, M. Miyamoto, and S. Miyatake, “Color imaging with an integrated compound imaging system,” Opt. Express 11, 2109–2117 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2109.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

K. Kubala and E. Dowski, “Reducing complexity in computational imaging systems,” Opt. Express 11, 2102–2108 (2003), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-18-2102.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett. (1)

Proc. Roy. Soc. A (1)

H. H. Hopkins, “The frequency response of a defocused optical system,” Proc. Roy. Soc. A 231, 91–103 (1955).
[Crossref]

Other (7)

See, for example, Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence Techniques IV, R. L. van Renesse, ed., Proc. SPIE4677 (2002) and papers contained therein.

D. P. Casasent, “Hybrid Processors,” in Optical Information Processing, S.-H. Lee, ed., Topics in Applied Physics48 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981), 181–233.
[Crossref]

J. W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics, 2nd ed. (McGraw Hill, New York, 1996).

G. N. Hounsfield, “Computed Medical Imaging,” 1979 Nobel Lecture, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1979/hounsfield-lecture.pdf (accessed 14 July 2003).

T. E. Jones, History of the Light Microscope, Chap. 1, http://spidey.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch773/zimmerman/c1.html (accessed 14 July 2003).

M. A. Neifeld and W. C. Hasenplaugh, “High-resolution optical imaging using an array of low-resolution cameras,” Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America 2002, September 29-October 3, 2002.

J. van der Gracht and G. W. Euliss, “Information optimized extended depth-of-field imaging system,” in Visual Information ProcessingX, S. Park and Z. Rahman, eds., Proc SPIE4388, 103–112 (2001).
[Crossref]

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