TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHASE UNWRAPPING

This is the first book devoted to the subject of phase unwrapping, a rapidly growing field with applications to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry, optical interferometry, adaptive optics, and medial imaging. Good phase unwrapping algorithms will be critical to the success of NASA's Global Topographic Mapping Program, which is a space shuttle mission that will produce a high-precision topographic map of the entire earth, as well as the Air Force Airborne Laser Program, which is a 747-based system for shooting down airborne missiles with high-powered lasers.