Application of Time-Delay Spectrometry for Calibration of Ultrasonic Transducers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 185-205

  Pedersen, Peder C ^a   Lewtn, Peter A ^b   Bj⊘rn⊘, Leif ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS - APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

CALIBRATING ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; TDS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; TIME DELAY SPECTROMETRY (TDS);

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0023977987     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.4169     Document Type: Article

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