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Image Aquisition

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A high-level overview of image formation in a digital camera is presented. The discussion includes hardware and software issues, highlighting the impact of hardware characteristics and image processing algorithms on the resulting images.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge many helpful discussions with Mrityunjay Kumar and Aaron Deever in the development and review of this chapter.

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  1. Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA

    James E. Adams Jr.

  2. Harris Corporation, Rochester, NY, USA

    Bruce H. Pillman

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Adams, J.E., Pillman, B.H. (2015). Image Aquisition. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35947-7_170-1

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