FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Influence of polarization filtering on image registration precision in underwater conditions BT AF BOFFETY, Matthieu GALLAND, Frederic ALLAIS, Anne-Gaelle AS 1:1;2:1;3:2; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-IMN-SM-PRAO; C1 Aix Marseille Univ, Ecole Cent Marseille, CNRS, Inst Fresnel, F-13013 Marseille, France. IFREMER, Ctr Mediterranee, F-83507 La Seyne Sur Mer, France. C2 UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI TOULON SE PDG-IMN-SM-PRAO IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.39 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20924/20055.pdf LA English DT Article AB Underwater images often suffer from poor visibility due to photon scattering. However, in some cases, optical polarization filtering techniques can decrease the contribution of the scattered light and improve the visual image quality. In this Letter, the influence of these techniques for underwater image registration is analyzed, particularly when backscattered light is the main perturbation induced by the submarine environment. This analysis is performed using the Cramer-Rao bound and relies on a standard image formation model, taking into account various kinds of noises. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America PY 2012 PD AUG SO Optics Letters SN 0146-9592 PU Optical Soc Amer VL 37 IS 15 UT 000307226700089 BP 3273 EP 3275 ID 20924 ER EF