Characterization of air-coupled ultrasound transducers in the frequency range 40 kHz-2 MHz using light diffraction tomography

Ultrasonics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 565-575

  Almqvist, M ^a   Holm, A ^a   Persson, H W ^a   Lindstrom K ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AIR-COUPLED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; LIGHT DIFFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY;

AIR; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033626619     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00168-7     Document Type: Article

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