Shape characteristics of biological spores

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6954, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hahn, Daniel V ^a   Limsui, Diane ^a   Joseph, Richard I ^a   Baldwin, Kevin C ^a   Boggs, Nathan T ^a   Carr, Alison K ^a   Carter, Christopher C ^a   Han, Timothy S ^a   Thomas, Michael E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Backscatter; Cross section; Depolarization; Discrete dipole approximation; Particle shape

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AMSTERDAM; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS (ATCC 9372); CHEMICAL , BIOLOGICAL , RADIOLOGICAL , NUCLEAR (CBRN); CROSS SECTIONING; DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; DESCRIPTOR; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION (DDA); NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSZ); SCATTERING PROPERTIES; SHAPE DESCRIPTORS; SPHEROIDAL SHAPES; T MATRIX; T-MATRIX THEORY;

BACTERIOLOGY; CALCULATIONS; EXPLOSIVES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 44949224366     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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