OLIGOSACCHARIDE TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT SKIN CANCER

Not Available To enhance the visibility of remote objects in adverse weather and other conditions of low visibility, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop and demonstrate for the first time a low-cost, real-time Spectrally Enhanced Target Imaging (SETI) system. Using a charge-coupled device (CCD), camera combined with an electronically tunable spectral filter, the proposed system will provide real-time, enhanced television (TV) images that can be displayed on a common TV monitor and/or be recorded on a videocassette recorder (VCR). During Phase I, POC will develop can experimental prototype of the proposed system and will test it in various application scenarios. We will also develop the system's optical scheme and select major components for full-scale prototype demonstration in Phase II. POC will also begin preliminary commercialization activities during Phase I, by identifying sources of Phases II and III guidance and matching funds. Completion of this project will produce a new, affordable capability for enhancing video images in real time. This will provide a valuable tool for military testing, as well as a critical new imaging technology for use in many non-military applications that require a robust, real-time view of obscured remote objects.