Hyper- and Multi-Spectral Imaging
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018) | Viewed by 21032
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photonic and hyperspectral imaging devices; video-rate spectral vision and spectral mapping cameras; hyperspectral; multimodal high throughput screening microscopy systems; biology and microscopy; multispectral monitoring; remote sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
Spectral Imaging (SI) combines the advantages of both imaging and spectroscopy (high spatial and spectral resolution) in a single instrument. In SI, light intensity is recorded as a function of both wavelength and location. The output is a three-dimensional data structure known as spectral cube, with each pixel representing the spectrum of the scene at that point.
Most recent developments include snapshot or single exposure SI cameras, which capture the images of the spectral cube simultaneously or, alternatively, spectral cube streams at nearly video rates. Dynamic SI implies that light intensity can now be recorded as a function of time, wavelength, polarization, two or more spatial locations, etc.
Adding new dimensions to the data structure is motivated by the steep expansion of SI applications, which are increasingly migrating from defense/satellite domain towards prevalently civilian uses. On the other hand, and for the purpose of handling the generated massive data volume, SI motivates the development of advanced and fast classification, spectral unmixing and data reduction algorithms, spectral class visualization techniques, etc. SI is rapidly developing because numerus diverse disciplines have joined efforts towards further advancing technologies and expanding applications. Opto-and micro-electronics, computation imaging, analytical sciences, remote sensing, non-destructive testing, biomedical imaging are the disciplines that have been instrumental to these developments.
We invite investigators to contribute original research articles, as well as review articles, that will stimulate the continuing efforts in the field of SI.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Snapshot or scanning spectral imaging camera systems
- SI-related computational imaging, machine learning, data mining, spectral classification, spectral unmixing, data reduction
- Applications
Prof. Costas Balas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Hyper-Spectral Imaging
- Multi-Spectral Imaging
- Snap-Shot Spectral Imaging
- Spectral Cube Data Analysis/Processing
- Biomedicine
- Remote sensing
- Microscopy
- Non-Destructive Testing
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