Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging

ISBN-13: 9780240513232 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 559 str.

Sidney F. Ray; Sidney F. Ray

Opis

This handbook encompasses the use of photography as a tool in science, technology and medicine. It describes the basic theory, techniques, materials, special equipment and applications for a variety of uses of photography, from close-up photography and photomacrography to infrared recording, surveillance systems, radiography and micro-imaging.

Spis treści

General section:
Introduction * Limits of human visual perception * Experimental design * Light and radiation sources * Optics and lenses * Camera systems for data capture * Shutter systems * Lighting * Exposure determination * Image recording systems * Image processing, analysis and management
Major applications:
Close-up photography and photomacrography * Photomicrography * Micro-imaging * Photofabrication * Stereoscopic (3D) photography * Photogrammetry * Aerial photography * Remote sensing * Infrared recording * Imaging systems * Ultraviolet recording * Radiography * Photographic visualisation * High speed photography and photonics.
Specialist applications:
Surveillance systems * Low light level imaging * Telephotography * Cavity and endoscopic systems * Underwater photography * Panoramic photography * Peripheral photography * Fisheye lens photography * Holography

O autorze

Senior Lecturer in Digital and Photographic Imaging, University of Westminster, photographer and Imaging Consultant.