Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Electro-Optics Program

Russell C. Hardie

Research

Superresolution Enhancement of Video

Improved resolution and reduced aliasing by exploiting motion between frames in digital video.  Along with several collaborators, Dr. Hardie received the Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize from SPIE in 1998 for work in this area. 

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Detector Nonuniformity Correction

Developing scene-based detector non-uniformity correction algorithms for infrared focal plane arrays to treat the nonuniformity in the photoresponses of the individual detectors.

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Medical Image Processing

Computer aided detection and segmentation of lung nodules in CT imagery and chest radiographs.

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Nonlinear Filter Theory

Dr. Hardie has developed a number of novel nonlinear filter classes to address the problem of restoration in the presence of non-Gaussian and/or non-stationary signals and noise. 

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Hyperspectral Image Processing

Hyperspectral image fusion with high spatial resolution sensors.  Anomaly and change detection in hyperspectral data.

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Research Projects

Here are some current and recent research projects listed by area.  Click on the corresponding “More details” link to get more information including publications in that area.

Turbulence Correction

Developing algorithms for the correction of geometric distortion and blurring due to atmospheric turbulence for terrestrial incoherent imaging systems under non-isoplanatic conditions.

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Optical Phased Arrays

Nonmechanical beam steering for panning an imaging system using nematic nematic liquid-crystal optical-phased-array (LCOPA).

 

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Speech Processing

Wideband speech regeneration from narrowband for improved speech quality through bandlimited channel.

 

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