Process Monitoring Dataset from the Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT): "Three-Dimensional Scan Strategies".
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7340547 | biostudies-literature | 2019
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Process Monitoring Dataset from the Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT): "Three-Dimensional Scan Strategies".
Journal of research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 20191119
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