Current applications and future trends in phased array technology

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 673-678

  Gros, X E ^a   Cameron, N B ^b   King, M ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSPECTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBES; WELDING;

PHASED ARRAY TECHNOLOGY; PHASED ARRAY ULTRASONIC PROBES;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0036879944     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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