Sensors and Properties

A part of the CVonline computer vision resource summarizing some of the psychological effects and methods associated with human visual processing.

1. General

2. Analog Signal Shaping and Quantization

3. Analog / Mixed Analog-Digital Image Processing

4. Computational Photography/Cameras

   1. Computational illumination

   2. Computational optics

5. Hologram, Digital Hologram

6. Image Storage Devices

7. Intensity Sensors and their Properties: Spectral sensitivity, Shutter speed, Responsivity

• 1. Active Pixel Sensing

  2. Atomic Force Microscopy

  3. Compressive Sensing

  4. High Dynamic Range Sensors

  5. Intelligent Image Capture

  6. Linear/Linescan Sensors

  7. Monochrome and Color Tube Sensors

  8. Monochrome and Color Chip Sensors

  9. Non-standard intensity sensors

     1. Hyperspectral Sensors

     2. Infrared Sensors

     3. Millimeter Imaging

     4. Multispectral Sensors

     5. Nanoscale Imaging

     6. Schlieren imaging

     7. Ultraviolet Sensors

     8. X-Ray/Radiography

        1. Digital Radiography

        2. Digital Panoramic Radiography

8. NMR/MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• 1. DCE-MRI

  2. Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Diffusion Imaging

  3. fMRI

9. Optical Coherence Tomography

10. PET - Positron Emission Tomography

11. Radar

• 1. Forward Looking Radar Imaging

  2. Ground Penetrating

  3. Side Looking

  4. Synthetic Aperture

12. Range Sensors

• 1. Dense Stereo-based

  2. Moire Fringe

     1. Color

     2. Intensity

     3. Phase Unwrapping Techniques

  3. Phase Shift Range Sensors

  4. Structured Light Based

  5. Time-of-flight camera, LIDAR, Laser rangefinder

  6. Triangulation

  7. Video Rate Range, e.g. KINECT

13. Sensor Geometries

• 1. Regular, Pixel

     1. Cartesian Grid

     2. Hexagonal

     3. Linear

  2. Space Varying

• • 1. Foveal

    2. Irregular

    3. Log-Polar

• 3. Viewfield

• • 1. Omnidirectional

       1. Catadioptric

       2. Concave, Spherical and other Curved Mirrors

    2. Panoramic

    3. Small Field

    4. Wide Angle, Fisheye

14. SPECT - Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

15. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

16. Ultrasound/Acoustic Sonar

• 1. Medical

  2. Robotic: Terrestrial and Undersea Range Sensing and Imaging

17. Video/Television Transmission Formats

• 1. Analog Video/Television Transmission Formats

     1. RS-170/NTSC (US)

     2. CCIR/PAL (W. Europe)

     3. SECAM (France, E. Europe)

  2. Digital Video/Television Transmission Formats

• • 1. DTMB - Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (China - aka DMB-T/H )

    2. DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting (North America, Europe, many locations)

    3. ISDB - Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (Japan)

18. X-Ray CAT/CT