Optimized algorithm for the spatial nonuniformity correction of an imaging system based on a charge-coupled device color camera
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 2, pp. 167-174 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.000167
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Abstract
We present an optimized linear algorithm for the spatial nonuniformity correction of a CCD color camera's imaging system and the experimental methodology developed for its implementation. We assess the influence of the algorithm's variables on the quality of the correction, that is, the dark image, the base correction image, and the reference level, and the range of application of the correction using a uniform radiance field provided by an integrator cube. The best spatial nonuniformity correction is achieved by having a nonzero dark image, by using an image with a mean digital level placed in the linear response range of the camera as the base correction image and taking the mean digital level of the image as the reference digital level. The response of the CCD color camera's imaging system to the uniform radiance field shows a high level of spatial uniformity after the optimized algorithm has been applied, which also allows us to achieve a high-quality spatial nonuniformity correction of captured images under different exposure conditions.
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OCIS Codes
(040.1490) Detectors : Cameras
(040.1520) Detectors : CCD, charge-coupled device
(100.2000) Image processing : Digital image processing
(110.4190) Imaging systems : Multiple imaging
(110.4280) Imaging systems : Noise in imaging systems
ToC Category:
Imaging Systems
History
Original Manuscript: November 3, 2005
Revised Manuscript: March 3, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 13, 2006
Citation
Marta de Lasarte, Jaume Pujol, Montserrat Arjona, and Meritxell Vilaseca, "Optimized algorithm for the spatial nonuniformity correction of an imaging system based on a charge-coupled device color camera," Appl. Opt. 46, 167-174 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-2-167
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