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5 March 2020 Calibration algorithms for polarization filter array camera: survey and evaluation
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Abstract

A polarization filter array (PFA) camera is an imaging device capable of analyzing the polarization state of light in a snapshot manner. These cameras exhibit spatial variations, i.e., nonuniformity, in their response due to optical imperfections introduced during the nanofabrication process. Calibration is done by computational imaging algorithms to correct the data for radiometric and polarimetric errors. We reviewed existing calibration methods and applied them using a practical optical acquisition setup and a commercially available PFA camera. The goal of the evaluation is first to compare which algorithm performs better with regard to polarization error and then to investigate both the influence of the dynamic range and number of polarization angle stimuli of the training data. To our knowledge, this has not been done in previous work.

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Yilbert Gimenez, Pierre-Jean Lapray, Alban Foulonneau, and Laurent Bigué "Calibration algorithms for polarization filter array camera: survey and evaluation," Journal of Electronic Imaging 29(4), 041011 (5 March 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.29.4.041011
Received: 8 October 2019; Accepted: 18 February 2020; Published: 5 March 2020
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KEYWORDS
Calibration

Polarization

Cameras

Optical filters

Polarimetry

Sensors

Image filtering

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