Nondestructive inspection of a wooden pole using ultrasonic computed tomography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 354-358

  Tomikawa, Yoshiro ^a   Iwase, Yukiharu ^a   Arita, Kishio ^b   Yamada, Hiroaki ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; POLES; ULTRASONIC WAVES - PROPAGATION;

CT IMAGING; ULTRASONIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC (CT) RECONSTRUCTION; WOODEN POLE NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0022751780     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-UFFC.1986.26842     Document Type: Article

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