Color & Spectral Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

Image sensors, which are among the most important components inside digital imaging systems, convert the incoming light into an electrical signal that can be viewed, analyzed, or stored. Thanks to color sensors based on primary color channels (red, green, and blue), color imaging has been widely applied in general digital imaging. When an imaging device is able to capture between three and twelve channels or spectral bands, it is usually considered a multispectral imager. If the number of spectral bands is relatively high, the device can then be considered a hyperspectral imager. Technological advances in image sensors and spectral filtering (i.e., plasmons, coded aperture, scanning sensors, multilayer sensors, etc.) have allowed the proliferation of color, multispectral, and hyperspectral imaging systems for image capture in a wide range of fields, such as medicine, remote sensing, biology, cosmetics, quality control, surveillance, food industry, art observation, cultural heritage, and art, just to name a few. The present Special Issue on “Color and spectral sensors” aims to present recent advances in new optical sensor technologies and in the development of new techniques for processing color and/or spectral information and to demonstrate their potential for different applications, according, but not limited to, the list of keywords below. In addition to original research papers with novel findings, review articles describing the current state of the art and future perspectives are invited.

Prof. Dr. Javier Hernández-Andrés
Prof. Dr. Eva M. Valero Benito
Dr. Miguel A. Martínez-Domingo
Guest Editors

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