A type of mosaic detector array that combines features of scanning and staring sensors by using a small rapid scanning motion (see saccadic motion) over a few pixels at a time.

A step-by-step method of reducing the amount of data in a digital video signal to transmit or store a high-quality image....

An imaging technique that labels all gray pixels as either black or white before processing begins.

An LCD that has pixels with no internal drive transistors.

A charge-injection device (CID) refers to a class of devices that manipulate and detect electrical charge within a...

An EMCCD (electron-multiplying charge-coupled device) camera is a type of scientific camera specifically designed for...

In digital image processing, a subcategory of frame processing that treats each pixel in terms of its relationship to...

A pixel, short for "picture element," is the smallest controllable element of a digital image or display. It is a...

Pixel pitch refers to the distance between the centers of two adjacent pixels on a display screen or imaging sensor. It is...

A CCD image sensor, or charge-coupled device image sensor, is a type of electronic device used to convert optical images...

Instantaneous field of view (iFOV) is a term commonly used in the context of remote sensing, imaging systems, and optical...

It is often necessary to estimate the value of what a pixel would be between neighboring pixels. This is accomplished by...

Interferometric modulator display (IMOD) is a type of display technology used in electronic devices, known for its energy...

A hyperspectral imaging camera is a sophisticated imaging device capable of capturing and processing data across a wide...

A line-scan camera, also known as a line-scan image sensor or linear array camera, is a type of digital camera designed to...

1. A device used to trace out an object and build up an image. One of the most common of these types is video scanning. The...

Combining adjacent pixels into one larger pixel, resulting in increased sensitivity and lower resolution, or, in image...

Image enhancement operations that involve altering gray-scale values. For instance, brightness sliding involves adding or...

In television, the number of individual pixels that can be distinguished in a horizontal scanning line; also called...

A CCD camera, or charge-coupled device camera, is a type of digital camera that utilizes a CCD image sensor to capture and...

A CMOS image sensor, short for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensor, is a type of semiconductor device used...

A contraction for "texture element." A base unit used in computer graphics that defines the surface of three-dimensional...

Also referred to as image visibility, the contrast of an image is the variation in the intensity of an image formed by an...

The group of adjacent pixels on which the convolution process is carried out.

Spatial resolution refers to the level of detail or granularity in an image or a spatial dataset. It is a measure of the...

A resampling and interpolation method that uses only the value of the nearest neighbor pixel, while not considering values...

A display standard no longer in use and originally defined for IBM PCs, with 640 3 480 pixels in 16 colors and a 4:3 aspect...

In target tracking, a technique for speeding up the image processing by removing bunches of pixels that are outside the area...

A data transfer function that moves a rectangular group of pixels between bit maps. Often used in displaying cursors and...

The optical Fourier transform is a mathematical operation applied to optical signals that involves transforming a spatial...

In image processing, machine vision and television, discrete brightness values quantized for a group of pixels. They can...

In image processing, a method of local smoothing by replacing each pixel with the median gray level of neighboring pixels.

A CMOS camera refers to an imaging device that employs a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor to...

Pixel binning, also known as pixel merging or pixel combining, is a technique used in digital imaging and camera technology....

A detector array refers to a collection of individual detector elements arranged in a two-dimensional grid or matrix format....

An intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) camera is an advanced imaging device that combines the capabilities of both an...

Line scan refers to a method of capturing images or data by scanning a single line at a time, as opposed to capturing the...

In imaging, the processing of pixel data in such a way that a group of pixels is analyzed at one time rather than one pixel...

An image consisting of an array of pixels that can have more than two values (black and white). Typically, up to 16 levels...

In image processing, the assigning of certain portions (or pixels) of an image a constant value of either 0 (black) or 1...

In display technology, an expression of resolution given by the number of pixels in both the horizontal and the vertical...

When applied to LCD grids, the active matrix is a means of supplying power to pixels by use of a transistor and capacitor....

Micro-LED (micro-light-emitting diode) refers to a technology that involves the use of very small light-emitting diodes to...

A linear image sensor is a type of solid-state electronic device used to capture and convert light into electrical signals....

An OLED display formed by creating an array of OLED pixels connected by intersecting anode and cathode conductors arranged...

A liquid crystal light valve (LCLV), also known as a spatial light modulator (SLM), is an optical device that modulates the...

A frame taken with a CCD camera over an exposure length of zero seconds with the lens cap on or the shutter closed and no...

A group of adjacent pixels in an image representing the same value, as all black in a binary image.

A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a type of electronic image sensor used in various imaging devices, including digital...

A scientific CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) camera is a type of digital camera specifically designed for...

Fixed-pattern noise is the measure of the static (nontemporal) differences between pixels when the detector is evenly...