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Alien vision : exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology / Austin Richards

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SPIE press monograph ; 104Publisher: Bellingham, Wash. <1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA> : SPIE, c2001Description: 1 online resource (xix, 160 p. ill. (some col.))ISBN:
  • 9780819479143
  • 9780819441423
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 0819441422. | 9780819441423. | Available in another form: No title DDC classification:
  • 621.367
  • 621.36/7 21
LOC classification:
  • TK8315
DOI: DOI: 10.1117/3.419855Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also available in print version.Summary: Austin Richards takes readers on a visual tour of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond the range of human sight, using imaging technology as the means to 'see' invisible light. Dozens of colorful images and clear, concise descriptions make this an intriguing, accessible technical book. Richards explains the light spectrum, including visible light, and describes the advanced imaging technologies that enable humans to synthesize our own version of 'alien' vision at different wavelengths, with applications ranging from fire fighting and law enforcement to botany and medicineSummary: 1. Infrared and ultraviolet : the edges of the rainbow -- Night vision and surveillance with near-IR imaging -- Forensic imaging with near-IR and near-UV imaging -- Animal ultraviolet vision -- Optical properties of materials in the near-IR and near-UV -- Infrared photography and heat detection -- 2. Thermal imaging : we all glow in the dark -- Midwave and longwave IR imaging systems -- Surveillance and law enforcement -- Thermography -- Thermal imaging and biology -- Thermal imaging in astronomy -- 3. Microwave and millimeter-wave imaging : piercing the veil -- Sub-millimeter-wave imaging : t-rays -- Millimeter-wave imaging : seeing through clothing and fog -- Radio astronomy : the foundations of microwave imaging -- Radar imaging : a microwave searchlight -- Small-scale imaging radar -- 4. X rays and gamma rays : crookes tubes and nuclear light -- High-energy astronomy -- Gamma-ray imaging -- PET scans : observing living tissue with gamma rays -- 5. Acoustic imaging : seeing with sound -- Underwater acoustic imaging -- Ultrasound medical imaging -- Acoustic daylight imaging -- Acoustic imaging of sound sources -- 6. Sweeping through the spectrum : comparative imagery -- Milky Way images from radio to gamma ray -- Milky Way image descriptions -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography and Internet resources -- IndexPPN: PPN: 1018189912Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-50-SPI
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