OPTIMUM LINEAR FILTERING FOR LINE SCAN IMAGING SYSTEMS

Abstract

A new model for the analysis of a class of line scan imaging systems which permits the quantitative comparison of the performance of one- d t o-dimensional linear filtering operations is developed. In this model the electro-optical components involved in the actual recording of a continuous two-dimensional spatial signal are characterized as a single pre-filter. The scanning process is characterized as a one-dimensional sampling of the continuous two-dimensional signal at the output of the pre-filter. Thus, the actual recorded data con ists of sets of parallel lines which are available for either one or two-dimensional processing in a postfilter. Using this conceptual model, the analytical problems reduces to de ermining the optimum one or two-dimensional post-filters in terms of known input signal and pre-filter descriptions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0286661

Entities

People

  • Leslie G. Jr. Gallahan

Organizations

  • Army Research Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Linear Filtering
  • Sampling
  • Scanning
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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