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Atmospheric scattering effect on spatial resolution of imaging systems: theory
Proceedings of SPIE, v 3110(1), pp 12-22
22 Sep 1997
Abstract
The atmosphere is the optical medium between the imaging system and the observed object. The effect of this optical turbulent, absorbing and scattering element on the quality of an image is difficult to predict. Since the beginning of the sixties there were several attempts to build a model that will describe the degrading effect of the atmosphere on spatial resolution of imaging systems. In the field of atmospheric turbulence there is a common agreement on its relative contribution to the degradation of the spatial resolution of an image. On the other hand in the field of atmospheric scattering there is a disagreement on its degrading effects and an international scientific discussion has been developed in the past five years in this scientific field. A model, that was suggested several years ago by Sadot and Kopeika, claimed that the effect of the atmospheric scattering on the spatial resolution of imaging systems is a function of the properties of the imaging system, apart from the inherent properties of the atmosphere. The results of their model were in contrast with the results of the work of other scientists and therefore, caused a scientific debate. The purpose is to propose an alternative theoretical model which describes the effects of atmospheric scattering by focusing on the point spread function of the imaging system.
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- Title
- Atmospheric scattering effect on spatial resolution of imaging systems: theory
- Creators
- Baruch Ben-Dor - Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyAdam D Devir - Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyGal Shaviv - Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyPiero Bruscaglioni - University of FlorenceP Donelli - University of FlorenceAndrea Ismaelli - University of Florence
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of SPIE, v 3110(1), pp 12-22
- Conference
- 10th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, 10th
- Publisher
- Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997BJ74X00002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-60849095105
- Other Identifier
- 991019356498604721
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