Ultrasonic transmission-mode tomography imaging for liquid/gas two-phase flow

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1706-1714

  Fazalul Rahiman, Mohd Hafiz ^a   Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi ^b   Fazalul Rahiman, Mohd Hezri ^c   Tajjudin, Mazidah ^c  

^a Kolei Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acoustic imaging; Fluid flow measurement; Image reconstruction; Ultrasonic tomography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

BEAM SCANNING GEOMETRY; EXCITATION VOLTAGE; GAS FLOW; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION-MODE TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845622885     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.884549     Document Type: Article

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