Multispectral short-range imaging through artificial fog

Michael P. Thornton; Kelsey M. Judd; Austin A. Richards; Brian J. Redman

doi:10.1117/12.2520451

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14 May 2019 Multispectral short-range imaging through artificial fog

Michael P. Thornton, Kelsey M. Judd, Austin A. Richards, Brian J. Redman

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Proceedings Volume 11001, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXX; 110010Z (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520451
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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This paper attempts to quantify thermal infrared (both longwave and midwave), shortwave infrared, and visible-light sensor performance under different test-chamber fogs. We find that the performance of LWIR imaging is impacted significantly less by light-to-moderate fog than the other two IR sensors and the visible imager. The paper recommends additional fog chamber tests that will be useful for the development of imaging simulation capability that accurately models fog across these wavebands.

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Michael P. Thornton, Kelsey M. Judd, Austin A. Richards, and Brian J. Redman "Multispectral short-range imaging through artificial fog", Proc. SPIE 11001, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XXX, 110010Z (14 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520451

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