Miniaturized laser range finder for the volumetric characterization of underground cavities

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4129, Issue , 2000, Pages 457-463

  Fiorani, Luca ^a   Bortone, Marco ^a   Mattei, Stefania ^a   Ruocchio, Cristiano ^a   Salome, Antonio ^b   Vetrella, Sergio ^a  

^a CORISTA Consortium for Research on Advanced Remote Sensing Systems ^*  (Italy)

^b ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electro optical sensors; Laser range finding; Subsurface prospecting

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS; CONTACT MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROOPTICAL SENSORS; LASER RANGE-FINDING; LASER REMOTE SENSING; SUBSURFACE PROSPECTING; TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCHES; UNDERGROUND CAVITIES;

ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; BORING MACHINES (MACHINE TOOLS); DATA ACQUISITION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RANGE FINDERS; REMOTE SENSING; USER INTERFACES;

RANGE FINDERS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ELECTROOPTICAL SENSORS; GEOLIDAR; SUBSURFACE PROSPECTING; VOLUMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 0033699148     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.390647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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