Exploring underwater target detection by imaging polarimetry and correlation techniques

    Authors

    M. Dubreuil; P. Delrot; I. Leonard; A. Alfalou; C. Brosseau;A. Dogariu

    Comments

    Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    POLARIZATION DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION PERFORMANCE; PATTERN-RECOGNITION; SCATTERING MEDIA; VISIBILITY DEPTH; MUELLER MATRIX; OCEAN WATER; IMPROVEMENT; BACKSCATTERING; Optics

    Abstract

    Underwater target detection is investigated by combining active polarization imaging and optical correlation-based approaches. Experiments were conducted in a glass tank filled with tap water with diluted milk or seawater and containing targets of arbitrary polarimetric responses. We found that target estimation obtained by imaging with two orthogonal polarization states always improves detection performances when correlation is used as detection criterion. This experimental study illustrates the potential of polarization imaging for underwater target detection and opens interesting perspectives for the development of underwater imaging systems. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    52

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    997

    Last Page

    1005

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000314842400010

    ISSN

    1559-128X

    Share

    COinS