Magnetic Position and Orientatation Tracking System

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn AES-15, Issue 5, 1979, Pages 709-718

  Raab, Frederick H ^a   Blood, Ernest B ^a   Steiner, Terry O ^a   Jones, Herbert R ^a  

^a Polhemus Navigation Sciences Inc A Subsidiary of The Austin Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLE TRACKING;

EID: 0018521584     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.1979.308860     Document Type: Article

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