Cavitation phenomena in water involving the reflection of ultrasound pulses from a free surface, or from flexible membranes

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3101-3111

  Williams, P R ^a   Williams, P M ^a   Brown, S W J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRASOUND;

PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 0031695099     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/10/028     Document Type: Article

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