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001 2001032049
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050 00 $aTK8315$b.R53 2001
082 00 $a621.36/7$221
100 1 $aRichards, Austin.
245 10 $aAlien vision :$bexploring the electromagnetic spectrum with imaging technology /$cAustin Richards.
260 $aBellingham, WA :$bSPIE Press,$cc2001.
300 $axix, 160 p.$bill. (some col.) ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: List of Figuresvii -- Preface . xi -- Introduction xv -- 1 Infrared and Ultraviolet: The Edges of the Rainbow 1 -- Night Vision and Surveillance with Near-IR Imaging 6 -- Forensic Imaging with Near-IR and Near-UV Imaging 10 -- Animal Ultraviolet Vision 1 9 -- Optical Properties of Materials in the Near-IR and Near-UV 21 -- Infrared Photography and Heat Detection 27 -- 2 Thermal Imaging: We All Glow in the Dark 31 -- Midwave and Longwave IR Imaging Systems 37 -- Surveillance and Law Enforcement 39 -- Thermography 42 -- Thermal Imaging and Biology 45 -- Thermal Imaging in Astronomy 48 -- 3 Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Imaging: Piercing the Veil 51 -- Sub-Millimeter-Wave Imaging: T-Rays53 -- Millimeter-Wave Imaging: Seeing through Clothing and Fog 55 -- Radio Astronomy: The Foundations of Microwave Imaging 58 -- Radar Imaging: A Microwave Searchlight 64 -- Small-Scale Imaging Radar 71 -- 4 X Rays and Gamma Rays: Crookes Tubes and Nuclear Light77 -- High-Energy Astronomy93 -- Gamma-Ray Imaging 96 -- PET Scans: Observing Living Tissue with Gamma Rays 98 -- 5 Acoustic Imaging: Seeing with Sound107 -- Underwater Acoustic Imaging 108 -- Ultrasound Medical Imaging 111 -- Acoustic Daylight Imaging 114 -- Acoustic Imaging of Sound Sources 117 -- 6 Sweeping through the Spectrum: Comparative Imagery123 -- Milky Way Images from Radio to Gamma Ray 128 -- Milky Way Image Descriptions 128 -- Epilogue133 -- Glossary135 -- Bibliography and Internet Resources 145 -- Index 149.
650 0 $aImaging systems.
650 0 $aElectromagnetic waves.
650 0 $aSpectrum analysis.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001032049.html