Comparison of phase-unwrapping algorithms by using gradient of first failure

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 5108-5114

  Ettl, Peter ^a,b   Creath, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000688850     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005108     Document Type: Article

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