Internal Munsell Lab Reports
These reports in 8 parts presents the systems, samples, methods used for multi-spectral acquisition and spectral reflectance estimation using filtered tricromatic camera systems, as well as discussions about the results, comparison of methods.

All are by Francisco H. Imai. There are links to the full PDF files with each abstract.
  • Multi-spectral Image Acquisition and Spectral Reconstruction using a Trichromatic Digital Camera System associated with absorption filters.

    This report summarizes researches performed to evaluate the feasibility of using the IBM PRO\3000 Digital Camera System associated with Kodak Wratten filters to reconstruct the spectral reflectances of artwork images and analyzes the performance and discuss possible enhancements.
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  • Part II: Technical Approach.

    This report summarizes the technical approach using linear and non-linear iterative models in order to predict the spectral reflectance from the digital counts of a trichromatic Digital Camera System associated with absorption filters.
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  • Part III: Samples and Spaces.

    This part reports the experimental procedure characterizing the samples and comparing spaces applied to predict the spectral reflectance from the eigenvectors.
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  • PART IV Target imaging and digital counts processing.

    This part describes the experimental setting and imaging systems used to capture the targets specified in Part III.
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  • PART Va: Spectral reconstruction in reflectance space: Target I.

    This part describes the simulation performed to reconstruct the spectral reflectance of Macbeth ColorChecker, in reflectance space using several combinations of filters and trichromatic signals. It also reports the colorimetric and spectral accuracy of the reconstructions, as well as the metameric index.
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  • PART Vb Spectral reconstruction in reflectance space: Targets II and III.

    This part describes the simulation performed to reconstruct the spectral reflectance of painting targets in reflectance space using several combinations of filters and trichromatic signals. It also reports the colorimetric and spectral accuracy of the reconstructions, as well as the metameric index.
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  • PART VI Spectral reconstruction in Kubelka-Munk space.

    This part describes some of the significant simulations performed to reconstruct the spectral reflectance of three targets, in K/S space using several combinations of filters and trichromatic signals. It also reports the colorimetric and spectral accuracy of the reconstructions, as well as the metameric index.
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  • PART VII Spectral reconstruction in the new empirical space.

    This part describes some of the significant simulations performed to reconstruct the spectral reflectance of three targets, in the new empirical space using several combinations of filters and trichromatic signals. It also reports the colorimetric and spectral accuracy of the reconstructions, as well as the metameric index.
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  • PART VIII General Discussion.

    This part describes the results obtained in the simulations and experiments reported in Parts II and III of this report

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