Disbond thickness evaluation employing multiple-frequency near-field microwave measurements

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1107-1113

  Abou Khousa, Mohamed ^a   Zoughi, R ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood (ML); Multiple frequency measurements; Nondestructive evaluation (NDE); Thickness estimation

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE-FREQUENCY NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; THICKNESS ESTIMATION;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 34547871597     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.899848     Document Type: Article

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