Digital image processing system capabilities and methods offer the experimentalist creative opportunities for exercising precise control over image quality and content parameters in the creation of visual stimuli. The Human Engineering Division of the Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (AFAMRL) has established the Visual Image Processing, Enhancement, and Reconstruction (VIPER) facility to identify, develop, and apply digital image processing techniques against a variety of Air Force research objectives. This paper describes the VIPER facility and explores several current and planned areas of application.
ADSTRACTThe purpose of our study was to investigate four types of coding strategies using the same Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery. We digitized unclassified SAR imagery to include scenes from urban areas, seaports, oil refineries, industrial sites, an airfield, and power transmission lines. Two color and tvo black and white (BW) coding schemes were applied to the imagery. Five experienced radar interpreters were briefed and viewed 35 mm slides of the imagery. They judged image usefulness by reference to an interpretability scale. Analysis of the ratings showed that the BW codes received significantly higher interpretability ratings than the color codes.
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