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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Austin, author.

Contributor:

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Series:

SPIE monograph ; PM104.

SPIE Press monograph ; PM104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imaging systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 160 pages illustrations (some color)) : digital file.

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, c2001.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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 medicine.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"SPIE digital library."

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

ISBN:

9780819479143 (electronic)

OCLC:

606625078

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.