Front Cover; Advances in Imaging and Electron Pahysics, Volume 106; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Effects of Radiation Damage on Scientific Charge Coupled Devices; I. Introduction; II. Device Structure and Operation; III. Radiation Damage; IV. Dark Current; V. Charge Transfer Efficiency; VI. Read Noise; VII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. CAD Using Green's Functions and Finite Elements and Comparison to Experimental Structures for Inhomogeneous Microstrip Circulators; I. Introduction to CAD for Microstrip Circulators

II. Ferrite Physical and Chemical Attributes Relevant to Microstrip Circulator Material SelectionIII. Processing of Ferrite Materials for Microstrip Circulator Structures; IV. Microstrip Circulator Considerations for Modeling; V. Setup Formulas for Numerical Evalution of Microstrip Circulators; VI. Numerical Results and Comparison to Experiment for Microstrip Circulators; VII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Discrete Geometry for Image Processing; I. Introduction; II. Binary Digital Images; III. Digital Topology; IV. Discrete Geometry; V. Extensions in the 16-Neighborhood Space

VI. Application to VectorizationVII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Introduction to the Fractional Fourier Transform and Its Applications; I. Introduction; II. Notation and Definitions; III. Fundamental Properties; IV. Common Transform Pairs; V. Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions; VI. Operational Properties; VII. Relation to the Wigner Distribution; VIII. Fractional Fourier Domains; IX. Differential Equations; X. Hyperdifferential Form; XI. Digital Simulation of the Transform; XII. Applications to Wave and Beam Propagation; XIII. Applications to Signal and Image Processing; Acknowledgments