Numerical mode-matching method for tilted-coil antennas in cylindrically layered anisotropic media with multiple horizontal beds

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2451-2462

  Hue, Yik Kiong ^a,b,c   Teixeira, Fernando L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil antennas; Induction; Numerical mode matching; Oilfield exploration; Resistivity; Subsurface sensing; Well logging tools

Indexed keywords

COIL ANTENNAS; NUMERICAL MODE MATCHING; OILFIELD EXPLORATION; SUBSURFACE SENSING; WELL-LOGGING TOOLS;

ELECTRIC COILS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 34547492717     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.900981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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