Compressive Optical Image Encryption, Volume 2

Dear Colleagues,

New data-processing network systems and new image processing tools considerably increased the volume of transmitted information. Thus, more complex networks and long processing time become necessary. High image quality and transmission speed are requested for an increasing number of applications. To satisfy these two requests several either numerical or optical solutions were offered separately. This special issue explores both alternatives and gives particular consideration to research works that are of nature to converge towards optical/numerical hybrid solutions for high volume signal and image processing and transmission. Without being limited to hybrid approaches, the latter are particularly investigated in this special issue in the purpose of combining the advantages of both techniques. Pure numerical or optical solutions are also considered since they emphasize the advantages of one of the two approaches separately.

This special issue will gather a series of articles dealing with the Compressive Optical Image Encryption. These topics point up the importance of studying complex data treatment systems and intensive calculations designed for high dimensional imaging and metrology for which high image quality and high transmission speed become critical issues in a number of technological applications. A second purpose was to highlight the important role of optics in actual information processing systems. 

The session topics include, but are not limited, following areas:

• Optical/digital cryptography
• Optical/digital Watermarking
• Optical/digital biometrics
• Compressive Image
• Compressive sensing for images
• Compressive Optical Image Encryption
• Image Compression for Medical Image Processing Domain
• Optical cryptanalysis
• Novel devices and systems for optical information security
• Face/ Finger print/face/iris/Person recognition, Person tracking, 3D object recognition
• Liveness detection for face recognition
• Holography, Phase Imaging, and their applications
• Integral imaging
• Devices and systems for 3D imaging and display
• Polarization imaging
• Remote sensing: aerial and satellite image interpretations
• Industrial applications (e.g., product inspection/sorting)
• Spectral/Spatial Hyperspectral Image Compression

Dr. Marwa Elbouz
Prof. Dr. Ayman Alfalou
Dr. Catherine Baskiotis
Dr. Nadine Abdallah-Saab
Guest Editors

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• holographic imaging
• phase encoding
• compressive sensing
• attacks resistance
• image compression
• image encryption