A Technique for Evaluation of CCD Video-Camera Noise

This paper presents a technique to identify and measure the prominent sources of sensor noise in commercially available charge-coupled device (CCD) video cameras by analysis of the output images. Noise fundamentally limits the distinguishable content in an image and can significantly reduce the robu...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology 2008-02, Vol.18 (2), p.280-284
Main Authors: Irie, K., McKinnon, A.E., Unsworth, K., Woodhead, I.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Area measurement
Cameras
CCD cameras
Charge coupled devices
Charge transfer devices
Charge-coupled devices (CCDs)
Charge-coupled image sensors
Circuits
Colored noise
Current measurement
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Image analysis
Image processing
Imaging devices
Information, signal and communications theory
Noise
Noise measurement
Pixel
Robustness
Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices
Sensors
Signal and communications theory
Signal processing
Signal representation. Spectral analysis
Signal, noise
Telecommunications and information theory
video signal processing
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Summary:This paper presents a technique to identify and measure the prominent sources of sensor noise in commercially available charge-coupled device (CCD) video cameras by analysis of the output images. Noise fundamentally limits the distinguishable content in an image and can significantly reduce the robustness of an image processing application. Although sources of image sensor noise are well documented, there has been little work on the development of techniques to identify and quantify the types of noise present in CCD video-camera images. A comprehensive noise model for CCD cameras was used to evaluate the technique on a commercially available CCD video camera.
ISSN:1051-8215
1558-2205
DOI:10.1109/TCSVT.2007.913972