1. Within an image acquisition system comprising a non-linear, wide-angled lens and an imaging sensor, a method of enhancing a scene containing one or more off-center peripheral regions, the method comprising: acquiring an initial distorted image with a large field of view, including using a non-linear, wide-angled lens and imaging sensor; determining and extracting an off-center region of interest (hereinafter “ROI”) within said image; applying an initial object detection process to said off-center ROI; responsive to an initial determination of an object being detected within the off-center ROI, applying geometric correction to reconstruct the off-center ROI into an approximately rectangular frame of reference as a first reconstructed ROI; applying object tracking to one or more regions within the first reconstructed ROI to refine the initial object detection process; and performing a further action based on a value of a parameter of the object tracked within the first reconstructed ROI.