An inverse problem in thermal imaging

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 715-735

  Bryan, Kurt ^a,b   Caudill Jr , Lester F ^c,d  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

First kind integral equations; Inverse problems; Nondestructive testing

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; INFRARED IMAGING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY PROFILE; FIRST KIND INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0030164963     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139994277828     Document Type: Article

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