Front Cover; Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 99; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Morphological Scale-Spaces; I. Introduction; II. Multiscale Morphology; III. Multiscale Dilation-Erosion Scale-Space; IV. Multiscale Closing-Opening Scale-Space; V. Fingerprints in Morphological Scale-Space; VI. Structuring Functions for Scale-Space; VII. A Scale-Space for Regions; VIII. Summary, Limitations, and Future Work; Appendix; References

Chapter 2. Characterization and Modeling of SAGCM InP/InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes for Multigigabit Optical Fiber CommunicationsI. Introduction; II. Background; III. Planar SAGCM InP/InGaAs APD; IV. Critical Device Parameters Extraction; V. Photogain; VI. Temperature Dependence of Breakdown Voltage and Photogain; VII. Dark Current Noise; VIII. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; List of Symbols; Appendix A: Electric Field in SAGCM APD; References; Chapter 3. Electron Holography of Long-Range Electrostatic Fields; I. Introduction; II. Electron-Specimen Interaction

III. Recording and Processing of Electron HologramsIV. Charged Dielectric Spheres; V. P-N Junctions; VI. Investigation of Charged Microtips; VII. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 4. The Imaging Plate and Its Applications; I. Introduction; II. Mechanism of Photostimulated Luminescence (PSL); III. Imaging Plate (IP); IV. Elements of the Imaging Plate (IP) System; V. Characteristics of the Imaging Plate (IP) System; VI. Practical Systems; VII. Applications of the Imaging Plate; VIII. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Space-Variant Image Restoration; I. Introduction

II. Kalman FilteringIII. The Image Model; IV. Image Restoration; V. Numerical Results; VI. Conclusions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Chapter 6. Erratum and Addendum for Image Representation with Gabor Wavelets and Its Applications; Index