Analysis of the Ultrasonic Field Radiated by Time-Delay Cylindrically Focused Linear Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 749-760

  Ullate, Luis G ^a   Ramos, Antonio ^b   San Emeterio, José Luis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AUTOMÁTICA INDUSTRIAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ACÚSTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FIELD PLOTTING; FOCUSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; VECTORS;

IMPULSE RESPONSE; LINEAR ARRAYS; SCANNING CENTRAL PLANE; ULTRASONIC FIELD;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 0028501081     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.308511     Document Type: Article

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