Imaging cargo containers using gravity gradiometry

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1786-1796

  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 image; Gravity measurement; Inverse problems; Optimization methods; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FISSION PRODUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVE PROSPECTING;

CARGO CONTAINERS; GRAVITY GRADIOMETRY; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INVERSION OPERATORS; RESOLUTION ERRORS;

CARGO HANDLING;

EID: 34249825233     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.895427     Document Type: Article

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