Vegetative target enhancement in natural scenes using multiband polarization methods

Michael J. Duggin; Gerald J. Kinn

doi:10.1117/12.452901

9 January 2002 Vegetative target enhancement in natural scenes using multiband polarization methods

Michael J. Duggin, Gerald J. Kinn

Proceedings Volume 4481, Polarization Analysis and Measurement IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452901
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Relatively little work has been performed to investigate the potential of polarization techniques to provide contrast enhancement in natural scenes. Historically, this has been because film is less accurate radiometrically than digital CCD FPA sensing devices. Such enhancement is additional to that provided by between-band differences for multiband data. In them id 1990s, Kodak developed several digital imaging cameras, which were intended for professional photographers. The variant we used produced images in the green red and near IR, simulating CIR film. However, the application of linear drivers to read the data from the camera into the computer resulted in a device, which can be used as a portable multiband imaging polarimeter. Here we present examples to examine the potential of digital image acquisition as potential quantitative method to obtain new information on natural landscapes additional to that obtained by multiband or even hyperspectral imaging methods.

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Michael J. Duggin and Gerald J. Kinn "Vegetative target enhancement in natural scenes using multiband polarization methods", Proc. SPIE 4481, Polarization Analysis and Measurement IV, (9 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452901

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