Modeling Wavefronts from Acoustic Phased Arrays by Computer

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-28, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 221-234

  Duerinckx, AndrÉ J ^c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS - COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING - SUBROUTINES;

ACOUSTIC BEAM PATTERNS; ACOUSTIC PHASED ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC WAVEFRONTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SOUND WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0019394033     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1981.324792     Document Type: Article

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