Imaging cargo containers using gravity gradiometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6204, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kirkendall, Barry ^a,b   Li, Yaoguo ^a   Oldenburg, Douglas ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density measurement; Fissile material; Gravity Gradient; Gravity measurement; Inverse problems; Numerical computation; Optimization methods; Port Security; Robustness

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FISSILE MATERIAL; GRAVITY GRADIENT; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; PORT SECURITY;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747660313     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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