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The study of image formation encompasses the radiometric and geometric processes by which 2D images of 3D objects are formed. In the case of digital images, the image formation process also includes analog to digital conversion and sampling. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Image formationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: GIFM: An Image Restoration Method With Generalized Image Formation Model for Poor Visible ConditionsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The digital negativeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Image Formation ProcessCited 1,042 times
- Go sideways: Optical aberrationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Camera lensA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Image Formation Process
Field ion image formation
Destination image formation process
Information-theoretic image formation
Bistatic SAR image formation
Rethinking destination image formation
Diffraction and Optical Image Formation
Space-Variant Image Formation*
🆕 Influential since 2022
GIFM: An Image Restoration Method With Generalized Image Formation Model for Poor Visible Conditions
Robust image-based coordinated control for spacecraft formation flying
RSUIGM: Realistic Synthetic Underwater Image Generation with Image Formation Model
A Novel Image Formation Model for Descattering
Learning Image Formation and Regularization in Unrolling AMP for Lensless Image Reconstruction
📚 Books worth reading
The digital negativeJeff Schewe · 2012
Getting started with Camera RawBen Long · 2005- 📕A laser-based ice shape profilometer for use in icing wind tunnelsEdward A. Hovenac · 1995
- 📕Complete raw workflow guidePhilip Andrews · 2008
- 📕Adobe Camera Raw for digital photographers onlyRob Sheppard · 2005
Encyclopedia of graphics file formatsJames D. Murray · 1994
Medical imagesAndrew Todd-Pokropek, M. A. Viergever · 1992- 📕Spectral analysis and experimental modeling of ice accretion roughness · 1996
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