Producing deep depth of field and depth-independent resolution in nde with limited diffraction beams

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 134-149

  lu, Jian yu ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bessel beams; image restoration; imaging; limited diffraction beams; materials; nondestructive evaluation; wave equations; X waves

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIFFRACTION; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND; TRANSDUCER;

IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0027272244     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469301500205     Document Type: Article

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