Detection, identification, and estimation of biological aerosols and vapors with a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4887-4900

  Ben David, Avishai ^a   Ren, Hsuan ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; DUST; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIOLOGICAL AEROSOLS;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0042788101     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004887     Document Type: Article

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