Multiple target 3D location airborne ultrasonic system

Ultrasonics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-25

  Medina, L ^a   Wykes, C ^b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

AIRBORNE ULTRASOUNDS; BEAM FORMING TECHNIQUES; BROYDEN METHOD;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0035147946     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(00)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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