High-resolution underwater acoustic imaging with lens-based systems

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-385

  Kamgar Parsi, B ^a   Johnson, B ^b   Folds, D L ^c   Belcher, E O ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Nav Explosive Ordnance DTD   (United States)

^c Ultra Acoustics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic imaging; Acoustic lens; Underwater imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; VISUALIZATION; WATER WAVES;

ACOUSTIC LENS; LINE FOCUS LENS; POINT FOCUS LENS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030648983     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1997)8:4<377::AID-IMA4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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