Optimization of wide-band linear arrays

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 943-952

  Cardone, Giovanni ^b   Cincotti, Gabriella ^c   Gori, Paola ^c   Pappalardo, Massimo ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BEAM PATTERN; ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS; WIDE-BAND LINEAR ARRAYS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE;

EID: 0035384776     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.935711     Document Type: Article

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