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A three‐dimensional multifunctional compound‐eye endoscopic system with extended depth of field
Author(s) -
Kagawa Keiichiro,
Yamada Kenji,
Tanaka Eiji,
Tanida Jun
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.11431
Subject(s) - multispectral image , artificial intelligence , compound eye , computer vision , endoscope , computer science , depth of field , optics , pixel , field of view , computer graphics (images) , physics , medicine , radiology
A focusing‐free and multispectral three‐dimensional endoscope based on a compact compound‐eye camera is proposed. A prototype TOMBO endoscope with 3 ×2 aspherical lenses using a wavefront coding technique and a 640 ×480‐pixel color imager demonstrates extended depth of field and registration of multispectral images based on an estimated depth map. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn, 95(11): 14–27, 2012; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/ecj.11431