Non-invasive imaging of liquid/gas flow using ultrasonic transmission-mode tomography

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-345

  Rahim, R Abdul ^a   Rahiman, M H Fazalul ^a   Chan, K S ^a   Nawawi, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flow measurement system; Liquid and gas flow; Ultrasonic; Ultrasonic tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

FLOW MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; HYBRID BINARY RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM (HBR); ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTERS;

FLOW OF GASES;

EID: 34047093535     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.07.031     Document Type: Article

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