Edward R. Dowski

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Edward R. Dowski is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Media Technology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward R. Dowski has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 18 papers in Media Technology and 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Edward R. Dowski's work include Advanced optical system design (19 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (12 papers) and Image Processing Techniques and Applications (11 papers). Edward R. Dowski is often cited by papers focused on Advanced optical system design (19 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (12 papers) and Image Processing Techniques and Applications (11 papers). Edward R. Dowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Edward R. Dowski's co-authors include W. Thomas Cathey, S. C. Tucker, Joseph van der Gracht, Sherif S. Sherif, Robert H. Cormack, Paulo E. X. Silveira, Robert J. Plemmons, Robert A. Brown, S. K. Avery and Stephen B. Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Optics Express and Microscopy and Microanalysis.

In The Last Decade

Edward R. Dowski

33 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Extended depth of field through wave-front coding 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Extended depth of field through wave-front coding
    1995 846 citations Edward R. Dowski, W. Thomas Cathey Applied Optics profile →

Peers

Edward R. Dowski
W. Thomas Cathey United States
Naim Konforti Israel
Joseph N. Mait United States
Xiong Dun China
D. P. Paris United States
Tomasz Kozacki Poland
Patrick Llull United States
Joonku Hahn South Korea
K. J. Weible Switzerland
Vicent Climent Spain
W. Thomas Cathey United States
Edward R. Dowski
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sherif, Sherif S., Edward R. Dowski, & W. Thomas Cathey. (2005). Effect of detector noise in incoherent hybrid imaging systems. Optics Letters. 30(19). 2566–2566. 7 indexed citations
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Johnson, George E., Paulo E. X. Silveira, & Edward R. Dowski. (2005). Analysis tools for computational imaging systems. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5817. 34–34. 7 indexed citations
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Plemmons, Robert J., V. Paúl Pauca, Sudhakar Prasad, et al.. (2004). Computational imaging systems for iris recognition. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5559. 346–346. 31 indexed citations
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Baron, Alan, et al.. (2004). IR imaging system with decreased hyperfocal distance. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5406. 73–73.
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2004). <title>Noise modeling for design and simulation of computational imaging systems</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5438. 159–170. 21 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2003). Reducing complexity in computational imaging systems. Optics Express. 11(18). 2102–2102. 68 indexed citations
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Cathey, W. Thomas & Edward R. Dowski. (2002). New paradigm for imaging systems. Applied Optics. 41(29). 6080–6080. 11 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2001). <title>Wavefront coded zoom lens system</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4487. 83–93. 7 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2000). Channel reduction and applications to image processing. Applied Optics. 39(11). 1794–1794.
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2000). Passive ranging through wave-front coding: information and application. Applied Optics. 39(11). 1700–1700. 24 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2000). <title>Wavefront coding: jointly optimized optical and digital imaging systems</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4041. 114–120. 24 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (1997). Defocus transfer function for circularly symmetric pupils. Applied Optics. 36(23). 5796–5796. 42 indexed citations
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Cathey, W. Thomas, et al.. (1997). Realizations of focus invariance in optical–digital systems with wave-front coding. Applied Optics. 36(35). 9157–9157. 91 indexed citations
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Gracht, Joseph van der, et al.. (1996). Broadband behavior of an optical–digital focus-invariant system. Optics Letters. 21(13). 919–919. 49 indexed citations
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Gracht, Joseph van der, et al.. (1995). <title>Aspheric optical elements for extended depth-of-field imaging</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2537. 279–288. 19 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R. & W. Thomas Cathey. (1994). Single-lens single-image incoherent passive-ranging systems. Applied Optics. 33(29). 6762–6762. 34 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R.. (1993). Passive Ranging with AN Incoherent Optical System.. 7 indexed citations
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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (1988). Estimation of randomly sampled sinusoids in additive noise. IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing. 36(12). 1906–1908. 10 indexed citations

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