Three-dimensional tomography of heliospheric features using Thomson scattering data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3442, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-93

  Paul Hick, P ^a   Jackson, Bernard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliosphere; Thomson scattering; Three dimensional reconstruction; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SPACE PROBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

HELIOSPHERIC FEATURES; SOLAR MASS EJECTION IMAGER; SPACECRAFT MISSIONS; THOMSON SCATTERING DATA; THREE DIMENSIONAL TOMOGRAPHY;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0037960061     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.330246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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