Multimedia Technology Group · CTU in Prague
Research
Imaging sensors, optical systems and advanced imaging modalities — from optical design to data analysis.
Imaging modalities & optical components
Colour & spectral imaging
Colour, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, spectral analysis and reflectance measurements.
Infrared & polarization imaging
Infrared cameras, polarization sensing and analysis of materials and objects.
Acousto-optics
Acousto-optic tunable filters, infrared optical components and calomel-based instrumentation.
3D imaging
Three-dimensional imaging and its combination with other imaging modalities.
Astronomical imaging
All-sky imaging systems and the detection and analysis of faint meteor phenomena.
Image processing & compression
Physical modelling, image restoration, feature extraction, machine learning and image compression.
Methods
Design & modelling
- Optical system analysis and optimization.
- Prototyping and control software.
- Data acquisition and processing pipelines.
- Ansys Zemax OpticStudio, MATLAB and Python.
Measurement & calibration
- Optical characterization and aberration measurement.
- Sensor and geometric calibration.
- Radiometric and spectral calibration.
- Performance verification and sensor synchronization.
Data analysis
- Deconvolution and denoising.
- Feature extraction and physical models.
- Machine learning.
- Spectral, polarimetric, astronomical and multi-sensor data.
Applications
Materials & prints
Spectral and polarimetric material analysis, inkjet print analysis, forensics and object detection.
Plants & food
Plant phenotyping and analysis of plant and food samples using spectral, polarization and 3D imaging.
Environment & UAV sensing
Water-surface studies and development of polarization imaging systems for UAV platforms.
Astronomy
Meteor event detection, meteor cluster analysis and all-sky observations.