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Imaging (September 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006)

Imaging Library

The IMA online imaging library contains lecture notes, book manuscripts, and other material which is not readily available that is related to the 2005–2006 IMA thematic program in Imaging.

Computational Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy (IMA Tutorial, September 19–23, 2005)

David Brady (Duke University)

Introduction to Radar Imaging (IMA Tutorial, September 19–23, 2005)

Margaret Cheney (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

AFRL/DARPA Backhoe imaging data

The Air Force Research Laboratory and DARPA have created a large data set obtained by radar imaging of a backhoe and identified 2D and 3D challenge problems. IMA visitors can find two versions of backhoe data on the IMA computer system (not on the web) at /ima/SRC/data/AFRL. The subdirectory Sample contains the Backhoe Sample Public Release & Visual-D Challenge Problem (3 GB). The subdirectory Full_Dataset contains a copy of the Visual-D Backhoe Full Dataset (100 GB). You may use this data here at the IMA. If you wish to export it to your own computers, please request a person copy of the data from AFRL. Before using this data in any publications or presentations you must first obtain permission from Kiran Naidu, email: or telephone: +1 937 904-9349.

If you make use of this data, please drop a note to Doug Arnold at so we can be kept informed of the level of interest in this activity.

Marmousi seismic data

Gary Margrave has prepared an archive containing the Marmousi seismic data and velocity model (see his IMA talk). The data and how to access it is described in this email.

An Introduction to Linear Systems Theory

Anthony J. Devaney (Northeastern University) set of notes on linear systems:   pdf