Applying open-path FTIR with computed tomography to evaluate personal exposures. Part 2: Experimental studies

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-83

  Wu, Chang Fu ^a   Yost, Michael G ^a   Hashmonay, Ram A ^b   Larson, Timothy V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARCADIS   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Area monitors; Computed tomography; Open path FTIR; Optical remote sensing; Personal exposure; Radial plume mapping

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; SAMPLING; TAPE RECORDERS; VENTILATION; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONCORDANCE CORRELATION FACTORS (CCF); REMOTE CONTROLLED ROBOTS; SMOOTH BASIS FUNCTION MINIMIZATION (SBFM) ALGORITHMS; VENTILATION CHAMBERS;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPEN PATH FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ROBOTICS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CONCORDANCE CORRELATION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; OPEN PATH FTIR; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RADIAL PLUME MAPPINGS; REMOTE-CONTROLLED ROBOTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14944361111     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh079     Document Type: Article

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