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+This code package implements the density uncertainty quantification methodology for BOS outlined in:
+
+Rajendran, L. K., Zhang, J., Bhattacharya, S., Bane, S., & Vlachos, P. (2019). Uncertainty quantification in
+density estimation from background oriented schlieren (BOS) measurements.Measurement Science and
+Technology. doi:10.1088/1361-6501/ab60c8
+
+Please cite the above paper if you use this code package for your work.
+
+sample_script.py is a sample python script that loads the sample dataset and calls the uncertainty quantification function to perform the calculations.