A study on head-shape simplification using spherical harmonics for HRTF computation at low frequencies

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 799-805

  Tao, Yufei ^a   Tew, Anthony I ^a   Porter, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; HUMAN FORM MODELS; LOW PASS FILTERS; PRESSURE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0043037217     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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