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Image Recovery: Theory and Application
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BOOK
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Several elementary appendices on the mathematics of quantum mechanics are included. The goal of this work as stated in the preface is to make the recent literature more accessible by bringing together some of the underlying concepts in a presentation at an intermediate level. There is a substantial readership, starting with well-prepared undergraduates, for which this text could serve as such a guide. DANIEL
P. WEITEKAMP
Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics California Institute of Technology Trace Analysis. Spectroscopic Methods for Molecules, edited by Gary D. Christian and James B. Callis. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1986.406 pages, $55.00. The last quarter of this volume is a chapter by Dallas Rabenstein and Thomas Nakashima on NMR and its application to trace analysis. A substantial part of the chapter is devoted to a reasonably clear and comprehensive introduction to the general principles, methods, and instrumentation of NMR spectroscopy. Although NMR is not widely known for its sensitivity in trace analysis at a level comparable to that of other analytical techniques, a number of interesting applications on what might be considered the borderline of trace analysis are presented. These include use of NMR as a chromatographic detection method, as well as for analysis of environmental, clinical, and agricultural samples. Details of aspects of the method important in dealing with quantitative measurements and with analysis of samples at low levels are extensively discussed. W.S.B. Image Recovery: Theory and Application, edited by Henry Stark. Academic Press, San Diego, 1987.543 pages. $75.00, $62.50. This volume contains a series of contributions devoted mainly to the mathematical aspects of various techniques and algorithms for image recovery and restoration. Only a few pages are devoted to NMR applications, but anyone interested in gaining a background in mathematical theories applicable to techniques which have been developed for other areas should find this a useful source. Fourier-transform and maximum-entropy methods are included, as well as a variety of approaches to image reconstruction in circumstances where there are limited data. W.S.B. Stereochemical Analysis of Alicyclic Compounds by C-13 NMR Spectroscopy, James K. Whitesell and M. A. Minton. Chapman & Hall, London, 1987.23 1 pages. $60.00. The first fifty pages of this book comprise a general discussion of the factors affecting carbon- 13 chemical shifts, including extensive tables of substituent effects for
BOOK
REVIEWS
Several elementary appendices on the mathematics of quantum mechanics are included. The goal of this work as stated in the preface is to make the recent literature more accessible by bringing together some of the underlying concepts in a presentation at an intermediate level. There is a substantial readership, starting with well-prepared undergraduates, for which this text could serve as such a guide. DANIEL
P. WEITEKAMP
Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics California Institute of Technology Trace Analysis. Spectroscopic Methods for Molecules, edited by Gary D. Christian and James B. Callis. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1986.406 pages, $55.00. The last quarter of this volume is a chapter by Dallas Rabenstein and Thomas Nakashima on NMR and its application to trace analysis. A substantial part of the chapter is devoted to a reasonably clear and comprehensive introduction to the general principles, methods, and instrumentation of NMR spectroscopy. Although NMR is not widely known for its sensitivity in trace analysis at a level comparable to that of other analytical techniques, a number of interesting applications on what might be considered the borderline of trace analysis are presented. These include use of NMR as a chromatographic detection method, as well as for analysis of environmental, clinical, and agricultural samples. Details of aspects of the method important in dealing with quantitative measurements and with analysis of samples at low levels are extensively discussed. W.S.B. Image Recovery: Theory and Application, edited by Henry Stark. Academic Press, San Diego, 1987.543 pages. $75.00, $62.50. This volume contains a series of contributions devoted mainly to the mathematical aspects of various techniques and algorithms for image recovery and restoration. Only a few pages are devoted to NMR applications, but anyone interested in gaining a background in mathematical theories applicable to techniques which have been developed for other areas should find this a useful source. Fourier-transform and maximum-entropy methods are included, as well as a variety of approaches to image reconstruction in circumstances where there are limited data. W.S.B. Stereochemical Analysis of Alicyclic Compounds by C-13 NMR Spectroscopy, James K. Whitesell and M. A. Minton. Chapman & Hall, London, 1987.23 1 pages. $60.00. The first fifty pages of this book comprise a general discussion of the factors affecting carbon- 13 chemical shifts, including extensive tables of substituent effects for