The background oriented schlieren technique: Sensitivity, accuracy, resolution and application to a three-dimensional density field

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 241-249

  Goldhahn, Erik ^a   Seume, Jörg ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL DENSITY FIELD; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 34548074483     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0331-1     Document Type: Article

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