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Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging
CRC Press 2013; US$ 99.95Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging brings together groundbreaking research on the use of adaptive optics for biological imaging. The book builds on prior work in astronomy and vision science. Featuring contributions by leaders in this emerging field, it takes an interdisciplinary approach that makes the subject accessible to nonspecialists who... more...
Practical Design and Production of Optical Thin Films
Marcel Dekker Inc 2002; US$ 249.95The second revised edition of this text contains expanded discussions of design visualization, dense wavelength division multiplexing, new coating equipment, electrochromatic and chemically active coatings, ion-assisted deposition and optical monitoring sensitivity. more...
The Reproduction of Colour
Wiley 2005; US$ 165.00Increasing use of digital signals for transmitting data in television, photography and printing means the reproduction of pictorial colour in the 21 st century continues to drive innovation in its development. Hunt’s classic text The Reproduction of Colour has been fully revised and updated for the sixth edition to provide a comprehensive... more...
Photographic Sensitivity
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 219.99Notwithstanding the current excitement surrounding cutting-edge digital imaging techniques, photographic film still provides the highest resolution and most beautiful images of any medium available. For the first time in nearly 20 years, Photographic Sensitivity: Theory and Mechanisms offers a comprehensive, systematic description of the subject, stressing... more...
Modern Image Quality Assessment
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2006; US$ 40.00This Lecture book is about objective image quality assessment?where the aim is to provide computational models that can automatically predict perceptual image quality. The early years of the 21st century have witnessed a tremendous growth in the use of digital images as a means for representing and communicating information. A considerable percentage... more...
Real-Time Image and Video Processing
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2006; US$ 40.00This book presents an overview of the guidelines and strategies for transitioning an image or video processing algorithm from a research environment into a real-time constrained environment. Such guidelines and strategies are scattered in the literature of various disciplines including image processing, computer engineering, and software engineering,... more...
Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices
Wiley 2006; US$ 150.00From laptop computers and mobile phones to digital cinema, Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are integral components in an increasing array of highly desirable consumer electronics and communication devices, and are already the predominant technology used in flat panel displays. This inter-disciplinary book is intended as an introductory guide to... more...
Quantum Dots: Fundamentals, Applications, and Frontiers
Springer 2006; US$ 109.99This volume contains papers delivered at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop and provides a broad introduction to all major aspects of quantum dot structures. Such structures have been produced for studies of basic physical phenomena, for device fabrication and, on a more speculative level, have been suggested as components of a solid-state realization... more...
Panoramic Imaging
Wiley 2008; US$ 155.00Panoramic imaging is a progressive application and research area. This technology has applications in digital photography, robotics, film productions for panoramic screens, architecture, environmental studies, remote sensing and GIS technology. Applications demand different levels of accuracy for 3D documentation or visualizations. This book describes... more...
Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres
Springer 2007; US$ 89.99Describes the optical properties of microstructured fibres, how they are made and modelled, and outlines some potential applications in areas where polymer fibres are already used, such as high-data rate transmission for Fibre-to-the Home or within cars, as well as areas such as the photonic bandgap transmission of "difficult" wavelengths. more...









