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Multi-spectral imagers reveal information unperceivable to humans and conventional cameras. Here, we demonstrate a compact single-shot multi-spectral video-imaging camera by placing a micro-structured diffractive filter in close proximity…
Matching a target spectrum with known spectra in a spectral library is a common method for material identification in hyperspectral imaging research. Hyperspectral spectra exhibit precise absorption features across different wavelength…
Deep learning has been widely used for hyperspectral pixel classification due to its ability of generating deep feature representation. However, how to construct an efficient and powerful network suitable for hyperspectral data is still…
Achieving accurate material segmentation for 3-channel RGB images is challenging due to the considerable variation in a material's appearance. Hyperspectral images, which are sets of spectral measurements sampled at multiple wavelengths,…
We introduce and analyze the concept of space-spectrum uncertainty for certain commonly-used designs for spectrally programmable cameras. Our key finding states that, it is impossible to simultaneously capture high-resolution spatial images…
Conventional lens-based imaging techniques have long been limited to capturing only the intensity distribution of objects, resulting in the loss of other crucial dimensions such as spectral data. Here, we report a spectral lens that…
Autonomous navigation in unstructured off-road environments is greatly improved by semantic scene understanding. Conventional image processing algorithms are difficult to implement and lack robustness due to a lack of structure and high…
This paper proposes a spatial feature extraction method based on energy of the features for classification of the hyperspectral data. A proposed orthogonal filter set extracts spatial features with maximum energy from the principal…
Hyperspectral imaging has proven its efficiency for target detection applications but the acquisition mode and the data rate are major issues when dealing with real-time detection applications. It can be useful to use snapshot spectral…
This paper presents a structured dictionary-based model for hyperspectral data that incorporates both spectral and contextual characteristics of a spectral sample, with the goal of hyperspectral image classification. The idea is to…
Multispectral imaging aims at recording images in different spectral bands. This is extremely beneficial in diverse discrimination applications, for example in agriculture, recycling or healthcare. One approach for snapshot multispectral…
We introduce a novel video-rate hyperspectral imager with high spatial, and temporal resolutions. Our key hypothesis is that spectral profiles of pixels in a super-pixel of an oversegmented image tend to be very similar. Hence, a…
Photonic convolutional accelerators have emerged as low-energy alternatives to power-demanding digital convolutional neural networks, though they often face limitations in scalability. In this work, we introduce a convolutional photonic…
Recent advancements in computer vision, particularly in detection, segmentation, and classification, have significantly impacted various domains. However, these advancements are tied to RGB-based systems, which are insufficient for…
This paper proposes a novel two-stage method for the classification of hyperspectral images. Pixel-wise classifiers, such as the classical support vector machine (SVM), consider spectral information only; therefore they would generate noisy…
We introduce the concept of `hyperpixels' in which each element of a pixel filter array (suitable for CMOS image sensor integration) has a spectral transmission tailored to a target spectral component expected in application-specific…
Hyperspectral images show similar statistical properties to natural grayscale or color photographic images. However, the classification of hyperspectral images is more challenging because of the very high dimensionality of the pixels and…
Feature selection of high-dimensional labeled data with limited observations is critical for making powerful predictive modeling accessible, scalable, and interpretable for domain experts. Spectroscopy data, which records the interaction…
Hyperspectral imaging sensors are becoming increasingly popular in robotics applications such as agriculture and mining, and allow per-pixel thematic classification of materials in a scene based on their unique spectral signatures.…
We demonstrate a new kind of optical spectrometer employing photonic crystal patterns to outcouple waveguided light from a transparent substrate. This spectrometer consists of an array of photonic crystal patterns, nanofabricated in a…