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Research Areas in Imaging Science
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The faculty, staff, and students at the Center for Imaging Science are involved in many areas of imaging research, making a concise definition of imaging science nearly impossible! This page will tell you a little bit about the different research areas that we are involved in. Our undergraduate students learn about all of these topics, preparing them for just as many dynamic career opportunities.
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Astronomical Imaging
If you think about it, all that we know about our universe comes from images.
Imaging Scientists are involved in capturing images of our universe as well as studying the
information that comes from those images. Imaging Scientists design and use imaging systems
in all sorts of telescopes - local, international, or space based.
(learn more)
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Color Science
Color Science is the study of color - how we perceive it and how we can measure it.
Scientists in the Munsell Color Science Laboratory study many aspects the color image
reproduction chain: digital image capture; color management and processing; formulation; color
modeling, and color printing. (learn more)
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Digital Image Processing
Digital Image Processing involves the application of mathematical algorithms to
manipulate images. In doing so, we can extract information about the world that we as
humans can't see. For example, digital image processing can recover text from the Dead
Sea Scrolls, find hidden evidence in a crime scene, or be used in a facial recognition system.
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Electro-Optical Systems
In this area of imaging science, we study how light is generated, how it moves, and
how it is detected. In our labs, we use lasers, lenses, and other optical equipment
to study these properties of light to determine how we can build better imaging systems.
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Image Microstruture
Image Microstructure researchers study the mechanisms involved in the interaction between
ink, paper, and light that create hard copy images. Research in this area helps imaging
scientists and engineers design better inks, papers, and printers.
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Medical Imaging
Imaging Scientists design new imaging techniques used in medical settings to produce high
quality images of the inside of the human body. These techniques include magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), x-ray, positron emission tomography (PET), and ultrasound imaging systems.
(learn more about MRI,
learn more about ultrasound)
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Digital Image and Remote Sensing
The Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS)
Laboratory focuses on imaging the earth's
environment in the visible, near infrared, and thermal infrared spectral regions with airborne
and satellite imaging systems. We use modeling tools, field measurements, and synthetic image
generation to understand how remotely sensed data can be used to study environmental
processes. (learn more)
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Solid State Imaging
This research involves studying the limits of the performance of solid state imaging arrays,
and developing techniques to improve these devices. These include large format CCD arrays,
IR Focal Plane Arrays and Charge Injection Device Arrays used in satellites and telescopes.
In addition to improving devices, imaging scientists are currently developing the next
generation of imaging arrays, called Active Pixel Sensor (APS) arrays.
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Visual Perception
In the Visual Perception Laboratory, we study how humans use their eyes in everyday
situations. By examining eye movements, we are able to take advantage of this window
into cognition, helping us understand how we gather information from the environment,
how we store and recover the information, and how we use that information in planning
and guiding everyday actions. (learn more)
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Image Restoration
Our Digital Image Restoration Laboratory applies digital imaging algorithms and technologies
to clarify ancient documents, including text written on clay tablets, or parchment and papyrus
such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Currently, we are working to recover the work of Archimedes, a
famous mathematician whose manuscript was erased and overwritten in the 12th century.
(learn more).
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