Comparison of CW beam patterns from segmented annular arrays and squared arrays

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-37

  Martinez O ^a   Ullate, L G ^a   Ibanez A ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; PARTICLE BEAMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

SEGMENTED ANNULAR (SA) ARRAYS; SQUARED ARRAYS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0343878140     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(00)00322-8     Document Type: Article

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