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

By: Richards, Austin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Bellingham, WA : SPIE Press, 2001Description: xix, 160 p. ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0819441422.Subject(s): Imaging systemsDDC classification: 621.367
Contents:
Infrared and ultraviolet: The edges of the rainbow -- Thermal imaging: We all glow in the dark -- Microwave and millimeter-Wave imaging:Piercing the veil -- X rays and gamma rays: Crookes tubes and nuclear light -- Acoustic imaging: Seeing with sound -- Sweeping through the spectrum: Comparative imagery.
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This work 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. It explains the light spectrum - from gamma rays to the longest radio waves, and including visible light - and the technologies that create images from the spectrum. Applications ranging from fire fighting and law enforcement to botany and medicine are discussed in detail.

Bibliography: (pages 145-148) and index.

Infrared and ultraviolet: The edges of the rainbow -- Thermal imaging: We all glow in the dark -- Microwave and millimeter-Wave imaging:Piercing the veil -- X rays and gamma rays: Crookes tubes and nuclear light -- Acoustic imaging: Seeing with sound -- Sweeping through the spectrum: Comparative imagery.

CIT Module INTR 8003 - Core reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Figures (p. vii)
  • Preface (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xv)
  • 1 Infrared and Ultraviolet: The Edges of the Rainbow (p. 1)
  • Night Vision and Surveillance with Near-IR Imaging (p. 6)
  • Forensic Imaging with Near-IR and Near-UV Imaging (p. 10)
  • Animal Ultraviolet Vision (p. 19)
  • Optical Properties of Materials in the Near-IR and Near-UV (p. 21)
  • Infrared Photography and Heat Detection (p. 27)
  • 2 Thermal Imaging: We All Glow in the Dark (p. 31)
  • Midwave and Longwave IR Imaging Systems (p. 37)
  • Surveillance and Law Enforcement (p. 39)
  • Thermography (p. 42)
  • Thermal Imaging and Biology (p. 45)
  • Thermal Imaging in Astronomy (p. 48)
  • 3 Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Imaging: Piercing the Veil (p. 51)
  • Sub-Millimeter-Wave Imaging: T-Rays (p. 53)
  • Millimeter-Wave Imaging: Seeing through Clothing and Fog (p. 55)
  • Radio Astronomy: The Foundations of Microwave Imaging (p. 58)
  • Radar Imaging: A Microwave Searchlight (p. 64)
  • Small-Scale Imaging Radar (p. 71)
  • 4 X Rays and Gamma Rays: Crookes Tubes and Nuclear Light (p. 77)
  • High-Energy Astronomy (p. 93)
  • Gamma-Ray Imaging (p. 96)
  • PET Scans: Observing Living Tissue with Gamma Rays (p. 98)
  • 5 Acoustic Imaging: Seeing with Sound (p. 107)
  • Underwater Acoustic Imaging (p. 108)
  • Ultrasound Medical Imaging (p. 111)
  • Acoustic Daylight Imaging (p. 114)
  • Acoustic Imaging of Sound Sources (p. 117)
  • 6 Sweeping through the Spectrum: Comparative Imagery (p. 123)
  • Milky Way Images from Radio to Gamma Ray (p. 128)
  • Milky Way Image Descriptions (p. 128)
  • Epilogue (p. 133)
  • Glossary (p. 135)
  • Bibliography and Internet Resources (p. 145)
  • Index (p. 149)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Alien Vision brings imaging science to the real world! Richards, an industrial physicist, makes the highly technical subject of imaging and its various technologies quite interesting and readable. Much of the book is written to describe the numerous photos that will repeatedly pique reader interest. The content matter includes a basic introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum and an exploration of technology that captures images from wavelengths beyond the visible spectrum and brings them into our realm of visual perception. Infrared, ultraviolet, microwave, millimeter-wave, X-rays, and gamma rays are all explored for their imaging qualities. Thermal and acoustic imaging technologies are also explained in a straightforward manner with many example images. This book is appropriate for anyone interested in physics and its application to imaging as well as the technologies used for that purpose. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. M. Snyder Clemson University