New camera for high-speed, high-dynamic-range digital imaging at 4,000 frames/second (burst rate) and 14-16 bits/pixel

John Stephen West; Raymond W. Simpson; Sam Khoo

doi:10.1117/12.189016

14 October 1994 New camera for high-speed, high-dynamic-range digital imaging at 4,000 frames/second (burst rate) and 14-16 bits/pixel

John Stephen West, Raymond W. Simpson, Sam Khoo

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Proceedings Volume 2273, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics '94; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.189016
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A novel combination of techniques with a proprietary masked CCD allows economical commercial realization of a fast framing camera which can acquire images at 4,000 frames per second while maintaining the low readout noise of a slow scan scientific grade CCD system. A 16 bit gray scale dynamic range has been achieved in production with this system and even higher dynamic ranges appear possible in the near future with this technique. This imaging system can also be combined with a gated image intensifier to provide shutter times in the nanosecond domain.

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John Stephen West, Raymond W. Simpson, and Sam Khoo "New camera for high-speed, high-dynamic-range digital imaging at 4,000 frames/second (burst rate) and 14-16 bits/pixel", Proc. SPIE 2273, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics '94, (14 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.189016

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