CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing (Fundamental Theories of Physics) [Hardcover]

Orly Yadid-Pecht (Editor), Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1402079613 | ISBN-13: 978-1402079610 | Edition: 1

This is the first book published on CMOS imagers. It covers the full chain, starting from the basic concepts of photo transduction, and continues with pixel and system examples of CMOS Active Pixel Sensor (APS) imagers.
CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing contains six contributed chapters. The first three detail the basic concepts of photo transduction, modeling, evaluation, and optimization of APS. The last three continue with the description of APS design issues using a bottom-up strategy, starting from pixels and finishing with image processing systems. Various focal-plane image processing alternatives to either improve imaging or to extract visual information are presented. The book closes with a discussion of a completely non-traditional method for image noise suppression.
Targeted audiences for this work are people interested in imaging, whether from the academic, the industrial or the scientific arena. All students, engineers and technical workers interested in understanding more about the physics, the design and the potential of CMOS imagers are invited to read the book. Each chapter can also be read independently.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402079613
• ISBN-13: 978-1402079610
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,593,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a bad book and this is why...!, July 17, 2007

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CMOS Imagers Expert "VISOR" (OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing (Fundamental Theories of Physics) (Hardcover)

This book is just a show off book showing mostly the main author papers!!
A fundamental book is supposed to be a wide scope book with a great deal
of structured chapters each of which with a detailed application examples.

I do not recommend it to any body. If someone is interested on CMOS imaging
for grad studies or to have a deep understanding on this field (and CCD's),
I recommend this book Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras ...Good Luck

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing (Fundamental Theories of Physics), January 9, 2007

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M. Cazzaniga "mc_usa" (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CMOS Imagers: From Phototransduction to Image Processing (Fundamental Theories of Physics) (Hardcover)

This book is mostly about vision applications and doesn't go into details of photodetectors physics ( PIN photodiodes is just mentioned) and also the computation of the noise of the analog front end ( no ocmputation of FPN and temporal noise). I also think the topics are not too much up-to-date with what industry is doing.