Single-camera method to determine the optical axis position of ellipsoidal drops

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 972-978

  Bliven, L F ^b   Saylor, J R ^a  

^a South   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GLASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELLIPSOIDAL DROPS; OPTICAL IMAGING;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 0037455674     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000972     Document Type: Article

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