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Alien vision = exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Alien vision/ Austin Richards.
Reminder of title:	exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology /
Author:	Richards, Austin.
Published:	Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) :SPIE, : c2001.,
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 160 p. ill. (some col.)) :digital file. :
Notes:	"SPIE digital library."
Subject:	Imaging systems. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/3.419855
ISBN:	9780819479143 (electronic)

Alien vision = exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology /
Richards, Austin.

Alien visionexploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology /[electronic resource] :Austin Richards. - Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) :SPIE,c2001. - 1 online resource (xix, 160 p. ill. (some col.)) :digital file. - SPIE Press monograph ;PM104. - SPIE Press monograph ;PM103..

"SPIE digital library."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and index.

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 -- Index.

Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

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 medicine.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780819479143 (electronic)

Standard No.: 10.1117/3.419855doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

639186
Imaging systems.
Subjects--Index Terms:

IR

LC Class. No.: TK8315 / .R53 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 621.36/7

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