Thesis (MSc.(Physics) - University of Pretoria, 2007. / Summary in English.

Thesis (M. Sc)--University of Canterbury, 2008. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-90). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.Sc.). / Written for the School of Computer Science. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2009/06/30). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ocean Engineer)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Inssitution, 1981. / Contract no. 14-08-001-17202. Photocopy of typescript. Bibliography: leaves 169-175.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2002. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 217 p.; also contains graphics. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The main thrust of this dissertation is the application of statistics and information theory to design, analysis and estimation pertaining to image-forming systems. This study explores the application of Shannon's information in pupil design, the characterization of noise, and study of its behavior in a specific electro-optical system, and estimation of the degraded spread function in atmospherical imagery using the maximum entropy method. Our study shows that a pupil designed to maximize Shannon's information throughput is an apodizer, resulting in resolution and contrast enhancement when compared to the diffraction-limited case. The Strehl ratio is about 0.55. Investigation of statistical and spectral properties as a function of gray level in an electro-optical tracking system indicates that the noise is "white," having a wide band and a close-to-Gaussian distribution. Estimating the spread function via maximum entropy technique has revealed some remarkable results. Using an edge as the object, simulation studies predict a superior estimate in the mean squared error sense to those of the least squares in the presence of three types of noise (signal-dependent Gaussian and Poisson, and signal-independent Gaussian noise). Information theory, linear systems theory, sampling theory and more particularly, statistics and the Fast Fourier Transform are used to derive our results.

"November, 2001" / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-246) / xxiv, 254 leaves : ill. (col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2002

Naveed Akhtar Malik. / Originally published as thesis (Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Sc.D., 1981). / Bibliography: p. 115-117.

Thesis (M Arch)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2008. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: John Brittingham. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-92).