Theory of Image Formation

"Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this classic text is the definitive guide to the mathematical models underlying imaging from sensed data. This refreshed and expanded edition presents new coverage of key topics in medical imaging, and introduces additional end-of-chapter problems to support reader understanding"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Signals in one dimension; 3. Signals in two dimensions; 4. Optical imaging systems; 5. Apertures and radiation patterns; 6. Tomographic imaging systems; 7. Construction and reconstruction of images; 8. Likelihood and information methods; 9. Diffraction imaging systems; 10. The Woodward ambiguity function; 11. Radar imaging systems; 12. Radar search systems; 13. Passive and baseband systems; 14. Data combination and tracking; 15. Phase noise and phase distortion.

About the author

Richard E. Blahut is the Emeritus Henry Magnuski Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, having served as the Department Head from 2001 to 2008. He has authored a series of advanced textbooks on the mathematical aspects of theoretical informatics, is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Product details

• Authors: Richard E Blahut, Richard E. (University of Illinois Blahut, Blahut Richard E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009356206
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935620-6
• No. of pages: 639
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Radar, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Signals & Signal Processing, Microscopy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Radar, Medical imaging, Imaging systems & technology, Image processing, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing, Radar technology, Imaging systems and technology