Use of commercial off-the-shelf digital cameras for scientific data acquisition and scene-specific color calibration
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Treibitz, Tali; Xiao, Bei; Gurkan, Umut Atakan; Allen, Justine J.; Demirci, Utkan; Hanlon, Roger T.; Akkaynak Yellin, Derya; ... Show more Show less
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Commercial off-the-shelf digital cameras are inexpensive and easy-to-use instruments that can be used for quantitative scientific data acquisition if images are captured in raw format and processed so that they maintain a linear relationship with scene radiance. Here we describe the image-processing steps required for consistent data acquisition with color cameras. In addition, we present a method for scene-specific color calibration that increases the accuracy of color capture when a scene contains colors that are not well represented in the gamut of a standard color-calibration target. We demonstrate applications of the proposed methodology in the fields of biomedical engineering, artwork photography, perception science, marine biology, and underwater imaging.
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2014-01Department
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical EngineeringJournal
Journal of the Optical Society of America A
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Optical Society of America
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Akkaynak, Derya, Tali Treibitz, Bei Xiao, Umut A. Gurkan, Justine J. Allen, Utkan Demirci, and Roger T. Hanlon. “Use of commercial off-the-shelf digital cameras for scientific data acquisition and scene-specific color calibration.” Journal of the Optical Society of America A 31, no. 2 (January 20, 2014): 312. © 2014 Optical Society of America
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1084-7529
1520-8532