Digital spiral imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 873-881

  Torner, Lluis ^a   Torres, Juan P ^a   Carrasco, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE GRADIENT; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIGITAL SPIRAL IMAGING; SPIRAL SPECTRA;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 14744305892     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000873     Document Type: Article

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