Compared with conventional cameras, spectral imagers provide many more features in the spectral do- main. They have been used in various fields such as material identification, remote sensing, precision agriculture, a...Compared with conventional cameras, spectral imagers provide many more features in the spectral do- main. They have been used in various fields such as material identification, remote sensing, precision agriculture, and surveillance. Traditional imaging spectrometers use generally scanning systems. They cannot meet the demands of dynamic scenarios. This limits the practical applications for spectral imaging. Recently, with the rapid development in computational photography theory and semiconductor techniques, spectral video acquisition has become feasible. This paper aims to offer a review of the state-of-the-art spectral imaging technologies, especially those capable of capturing spectral videos. Finally, we evaluate the performances of the existing spectral acquisition systems and discuss the trends for future work.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61627804, 61371166, 61422107, 61571215, and 61671236) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Nos. BK20140610 and BK20160634)
文摘Compared with conventional cameras, spectral imagers provide many more features in the spectral do- main. They have been used in various fields such as material identification, remote sensing, precision agriculture, and surveillance. Traditional imaging spectrometers use generally scanning systems. They cannot meet the demands of dynamic scenarios. This limits the practical applications for spectral imaging. Recently, with the rapid development in computational photography theory and semiconductor techniques, spectral video acquisition has become feasible. This paper aims to offer a review of the state-of-the-art spectral imaging technologies, especially those capable of capturing spectral videos. Finally, we evaluate the performances of the existing spectral acquisition systems and discuss the trends for future work.