A parametric study of ultrasonic beam profiles for a linear phased array transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 644-650

  Luc, Joon Hyun ^a   Choi, Sang Woo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

HUYGENS PRINCIPLE; LINEAR PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC BEAM;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0033719869     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.842052     Document Type: Article

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