High-resolution beam forming for ultrasonic arrays

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-146

  Webb, P ^a   Wykes, C ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

AIRBORNE PROCESSING; AIRBORNE ULTRASOUND; HIGH RESOLUTION BEAM FORMING; ULTRASONIC ARRAYS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS;

EID: 0030082929     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.481759     Document Type: Article

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