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Visualizing the results of a mathematical information system for identification of materials by interaction with a short-period terahertz pulse

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The article describes a software interface for visualizing the results of experimental data processing in a computer information system for analysis and identification of materials, including explosives. The interface provides a wide range of graphic tools that draw distributions of spectral intensities, instantaneous Fourier spectra, spectrograms, and 3D plots viewable with different degrees of detail. The package has been tested with excellent results using physical experimental data.

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Translated from Prikladnaya Matematika i Informatika, No. 33, pp. 82–89, 2009.

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Trofimov, V.V. Visualizing the results of a mathematical information system for identification of materials by interaction with a short-period terahertz pulse. Comput Math Model 21, 190–195 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10598-010-9063-9

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