Algorithm for the nonlinear propagation of acoustic beams from phased arrays and nonplanar sources

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2188-2192

  Christopher, Ted ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE AMPLITUDE DISTORTED ACOUSTIC FIELDS; NONPLANAR SOURCES;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846225972     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.159     Document Type: Article

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