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Lippmann2000
This site has been conceived of as a resource for investigators
in the field of spectral imaging with emphasis on the sub-topics
of interest to the research staff and faculty of the
Munsell
Color Science Laboratory. We look forward to growing its features
and to improving its connectivity to other sites of similar interest.
While the Munsell Laboratory is hosting these pages as a service
to the community, we encourage the participation of all, both within
RIT and outside. We would
be happy to consider submissions of spectral images and technical
papers to add to our database and we would appreciate information
concerning other web sites which we should add to our link list.
For these or other items, please contact Mitchell
Rosen.
This project is named Lippmann2000 in honor of Gabriel Lippmann
who in 1891 devised a method to perfectly reconstruct the spectral
content of real world scenes. In spite of Lippmann's invention,
a more primitive three-channel model, first demonstrated by James
Clerk Maxwell 30 years prior, has dominated the color imaging field.
The Maxwellian model, universal in today's color image capture systems,
relies on the metameric properties of the human visual system to
simulate the appearance of an original color. The capture of full
spectral data, while holding advantage over traditional three-channel
methods offers new challenges at every point in the imaging chain.
PLEASE NOTE: THESE IMAGES ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
ONLY.
All other uses are prohibited. Copyright remains with MCSL.
Lippmann2000 Spectral Imaging Database
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