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Snapshot compressed sensing (CS) refers to compressive imaging systems in which multiple frames are mapped into a single measurement frame. Each pixel in the acquired frame is a noisy linear mapping of the corresponding pixels in the frames…

Integrated circuits based on CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductors) are at the heart of the technological revolution of the past 40 years, as these have enabled compact and low cost micro-electronic circuits and imaging systems.…

This paper introduces an improved image processing method usable in capacitive imaging applications. Standard capacitive imaging tends to prefer amplitude-based images over the use of phase due to better signal-to-noise ratios. The new…

A radically new CCD development by Marconi Applied Technologies has enabled substantial internal gain within the CCD before the signal reaches the output amplifier. With reasonably high gain, sub-electron readout noise levels are achieved…

Photon counting CT (PCCT) has been a research focus in the last two decades. Recent studies and advancements have demonstrated that systems using semiconductor-based photon counting detectors (PCDs) have the potential to provide better…

In this paper, we propose an analog pixel differencing circuit for differentiating pixels between frames directly from CMOS pixels. The analog information processing at sensor is a topic of growing appeal to develop edge AI devices. The…

Modern image and video compression codes employ elaborate structures existing in such signals to encode them into few number of bits. Compressed sensing recovery algorithms on the other hand use such signals' structures to recover them from…

CMOS Image Sensors are experiencing significant growth due to their capabilities to be integrated in smartphones with refined image quality. One of the major contributions to the growth of image sensors is the innovation brought about in…

The current CMS silicon pixel detector as the innermost component of the CMS experiment is performing well at LHC design luminosity, but would be subject to severe inefficiencies at LHC peak luminosities of 2x10e34 cm^-2 s^-1. Therefore, an…

Image-to-image translation models transfer images from input domain to output domain in an endeavor to retain the original content of the image. Contrastive Unpaired Translation is one of the existing methods for solving such problems.…

Compressive sensing (CS) works to acquire measurements at sub-Nyquist rate and recover the scene images. Existing CS methods always recover the scene images in pixel level. This causes the smoothness of recovered images and lack of…

The optimisation of the sensitive region of CMOS sensors with complex non-uniform electric fields requires precise simulations, and this can be achieved by a combination of electrostatic field simulations and Monte Carlo methods. This paper…

In recent years, there has been a gradual increase in the performance of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) cameras. These cameras have gained popularity as a viable alternative to charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras in a wide…

This paper presents an innovative in-pixel contrast enhancement circuit that performs image processing directly within the pixel circuit. The circuit can be tuned for different modes of operation. In foreground enhancement mode, it…

CMOS Pixel Sensors tend to become relevant for a growing spectrum of charged particle detection instruments. This comes mainly from their high granularity and low material budget. However, several potential applications require a higher…

Of all sensor performance parameters, the conversion gain is arguably the most fundamental as it describes the conversion of photoelectrons at the sensor input into digital numbers at the output. Due in part to the emergence of deep…

We studied the properties of chromium compensated GaAs when coupled to charge integrating ASICs as a function of detector temperature, applied bias and x-ray tube energy. The material is a photoresistor and can be biased to collect either…

In this work, we present a capacitively coupled GaAs p +-i-n/substrate photodetector (CC-GaAs PIN/S PD), which also represents a preliminary step toward 3D detection (x, y, time) of high-energy X-ray pulses. Although the final 3D detector…

Pixel detectors typically display pixel-to-pixel gain variation of a few percent which result in reduced spectroscopic performance. We have developed a calibration method which relies on cross-correlating histograms of many pixel pairs and…

This work proposes a Processing-In-Sensor Accelerator, namely PISA, as a flexible, energy-efficient, and high-performance solution for real-time and smart image processing in AI devices. PISA intrinsically implements a coarse-grained…