Modeling of received signals from annular array ultrasound transducers due to extended reflectors

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1525-1541

  Wan, Li ^a   Pedersen, Peder C ^a   Jespersen, Søren K ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; CALCULATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOW PASS FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; ULTRASONIC DIFFRACTION;

BROADBAND ANNULAR ARRAY TRANSDUCER; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0442279555     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1251136     Document Type: Article

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