Speckle Phenomena in Optics provides a comprehensive discussion of the statistical
properties of speckle, as well as detailed coverage of its role in applications. Some of the …

There have been three basic approaches to optical tomography since the early 1980s:
diffraction tomography, diffuse optical tomography and optical coherence tomography …

Non-contact and full-field strain mapping captures strain across an entire surface, providing
a complete two-dimensional (2D) strain distribution without attachment to sensors. It is an …

Classical statistical optics is revisited with the aim of introducing the concept of spatial
statistical optics that places particular focus and special emphasis on spatial statistics of the …

A schlieren measurement technique based on computer evaluation of image variations due
to refractive index variations in the propagation medium is presented; in what follows, this …

An overview of the use of full-field measurement techniques for composite material and
structure characterization reported in the recent literature is presented in this paper. The …

Optical Methods of Measurement: Wholefield Techniques, Second Edition provides a
comprehensive collection of wholefield optical measurement techniques for engineering …

Speckle photography is an advanced experimental technique used for quantitatve
determination of density, velocity and temperature fields in gas, liquid, and plasma flows …

Residual stress measurements by hole-drilling have developed greatly in both
sophistication and scope since the pioneering work of Mathar in the 1930s. Advances have …

Three different image-processing methods based on the time-averaged technique were
compared by the electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) technique for vibration …