Acoustic imaging of underwater embedded objects: Signal simulation for three-dimensional sonar instrumentation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1339-1347

  Palmese, Maria ^a   Trucco, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic imaging; Buried objects; Signal simulation; Sonar systems; Three dimensional (3 D) acoustic instrumentation; Underwater acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SONAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTATION; BURIED OBJECTS; SIGNAL SIMULATION; SONAR SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 33746346442     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.876402     Document Type: Article

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