Optical interferometric visualization and computerized reconstruction of ultrasonic fields

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 1169-1176

  Higgins, F P ^a   Norton, S J ^a   Linzer, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT - ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ULTRASONIC WAVES - MEASUREMENTS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0019070797     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.385003     Document Type: Article

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