©2004, IS&T—The Society for Imaging Science and Technology The twentieth century brought the development of television and digital imaging. Demonstration of a complete television system by Philo Farnsworth on September 7, 1927 ushered in the age of electronic imaging.4 Like the images in Lippershey’s and Galileo’s telescopes centuries earlier, live television images are transient. Photographic ...

Digital imaging is a rapid growing area with the developments in computer technology. Digital color use has become a conventional tool in many disciplines, such as cartography remote sensing and photogrammetry. The need for better color quality enforces digital imaging industry to produce devices with less color distortions. Despite the today’s advanced level of technology, it is known that inp...