Title :
Seeing the unseen: What can we learn from polarization-sensitive eyes in nature and how can we design better imaging systems?
Author :
Engheta, Nader ; Gruev, Viktor ; Lin, Shih-Schön ; Van der Spiegel, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
fDate :
Sept. 29 2009-Oct. 1 2009
Abstract :
We give an overview of our work on biologically-inspired polarization imaging. We first review the biophysical mechanisms of polarization vision, and then we present sample results of our bio-inspired imaging techniques.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biomimetics; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microwave imaging; polarimetry; vision; bioinspired imaging techniques; biologically inspired polarisation imaging; imaging systems; polarisation sensitive eyes; polarisation vision biophysical mechanisms; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Eyes; Insects; Microwave imaging; Navigation; Object detection; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Visual system; Imaging; bio-inspired techniques; polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. EuMC 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4748-0
