Detection of stochastic nuclear quadrupole resonance signals

2007 15th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, DSP 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 367-370

  Somasundaram, S D ^a   Jakobsson, A ^b   Butt, N ^b   Rowe, M D ^a   Smith, J A S ^a   Althoefer, K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detection; Quadrupole resonance

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

DETECTION STRATEGIES; DIGITAL SIGNALS; HIGH EXPLOSIVES (HE); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOW SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; NUCLEAR QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE (NQR); PRACTICAL USE; QUADRUPOLAR NUCLEUS; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF); SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT);

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 47649129018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDSP.2007.4288595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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