Expectation minimum - A new principle of inverse problem theory in the photothermal sciences: Theoretical characterization of expectation values

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 487-503

  Power, Joan F ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expectation minimum principle; Photothermal inverse problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346934723     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601221     Document Type: Article

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