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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elliott R Brown, Billerica, MA (US);
Gregory G Hogan, Stowe, MA (US);
Gerald M Daniels, Norwood, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
374-7 ; 364563 ;
Abstract
A radiometer is described which coherently detects the thickness of oil films on water by converting continuous-frequency microwave or millimeter-wave brightness temperature versus frequency measurements from the frequency/wavenumber domain to the oil-film-thickness domain (received power versus film thickness).