Imaging Processes and Materials: Neblette's Eighth Edition

The roots of modern imaging lie in the invention of photography in the mid–1800s. Between 1850 and 1900, photography was primarily used in portraiture, news, and documentaries. From 1900 to 1950, new applications, such as microfilm and reconnaissance photography, emerged, yet photography was still mainly utilized to record images for later use. Starting in the late 1940s, however, advanced technology led to the creation of images that could be viewed immediately. Further innovations have given rise to real–time and interactive imaging systems, which today are rapidly expanding in all areas of science, technology, business, industry, and entertainment. Based on the classic work, Neblette′s Handbook of Photography and Reprography this Eighth Edition offers you a comprehensive guide to this exciting field, ranging from traditional photographic imaging to the most modern imaging methods involving electronic recording and presentation. The new title, Imaging Processes and Materials, reflects the growing role of imaging technologies outside traditional silver halide photography. Included in the Eighth Edition are 20 contributions from experts in major universities, research centers, and industries, that explore the theory and applications of many new and promising developments. You′ll find unsurpassed coverage of:

• the science and technology of image recording
• image processing, transmission, and output
• applied imaging technologies
• attributes of images and imaging systems

The volume contains an overview of both traditional and contemporary imaging, together with information on the evaluation and utilization of images. There are extensive references to the imaging literature. Also featured are detailed accounts of the principal methods of forming images, including electronic imaging, electrophotography, instant photography, polymer imaging, low amplification imaging systems, and thermally processed silver systems. Important technologies that have become important since the Seventh Edition was published are thoroughly analyzed. Image scanning and digitization, image compression and transmission, image storage, non–impact printing, and recording electronic images on film are all described and evaluated. The chapters on graphic arts and microfabrication demonstrate the roles of contemporary imaging technologies in producing the materials of modern graphic communication, and the chapters on medical imaging and aerial imaging point out the applications of imaging science in highly technical domains. The final section of the book critically reviews the effectiveness of prototype imaging systems and the stability and preservation of recorded images. With its wealth of authoritative, up–to–date information and extensive reference sources, Imaging Processes and Materials will be extremely useful to all those engaged in image science and technology and their applications, as well as to students in these fields.

John Sturge has worked at Xerox Corporation for 18 years in the areas of marketing engineering and research. Currently he is the manager of marketing operations at Xerox′s Rochester, New York facility. Earlier, he served as a business venture start–up manager in its Special Products Division, and as manager of a Xerox team of engineers and technicians which tested Xerox′s 240 Computer Forms Printer. Previously, he was an optical systems engineer at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories in Buffalo, New York. He is the editor of the Seventh Edition of Neblette′s Handbook of Photography and Reprography: Materials, Processes, and Systems (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977). Mr. Sturge is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Vivian Walworth is an independent consultant in photographic science. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Chemistry. As a member of the Polaroid Research Laboratories (1944–1985), she conducted research in 3–D imaging, color photography, photographic emulsions, spectral sensitization and instant photography. Ms. Walworth is co–author of the chapter "One–Step Photography" in Neblette′s Seventh Edition and author of "Color Photography, Instant " in the Kirk–Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 3rd ed., and of "Color Photography" in the McGraw–Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

Allan Shepp is currently involved in laser technology at the Avco Research Laboratories in Everett, Massachusetts. Previously, he worked as senior scientist and manager in Polaroid′s industrial and technical photographic division. He has published extensively in the fields of chemical kinetics, fluorescence, silver halide emulsions, monobaths,image evaluation, and polymer imaging. Allan Shepp received a B.S. from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. from Cornell.