Alien Vision: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum with Imaging Technology

Content: 1. Infrared and ultraviolet : the edges of the rainbow --
Night vision and surveillance with near-IR imaging --
Forensic imaging with near-IR and near-UV imaging --
Animal ultraviolet vision --
Optical properties of materials in the near-IR and near-UV --
Infrared photography and heat detection --
2. Thermal imaging : we all glow in the dark --
Midwave and longwave IR imaging systems --
Surveillance and law enforcement --
Thermography --
Thermal imaging and biology --
Thermal imaging in astronomy --
3. Microwave and millimeter-wave imaging : piercing the veil --
Sub-millimeter-wave imaging : t-rays --
Millimeter-wave imaging : seeing through clothing and fog --
Radio astronomy : the foundations of microwave imaging --
Radar imaging : a microwave searchlight --
Small-scale imaging radar --
4. X rays and gamma rays : crookes tubes and nuclear light --
High-energy astronomy --
Gamma-ray imaging --
PET scans : observing living tissue with gamma rays --
5. Acoustic imaging : seeing with sound --
Underwater acoustic imaging --
Ultrasound medical imaging --
Acoustic daylight imaging --
Acoustic imaging of sound sources --
6. Sweeping through the spectrum : comparative imagery --
Milky Way images from radio to gamma ray --
Milky Way image descriptions --
Epilogue --
Glossary --
Bibliography and Internet resources --
Index.