Methodology for developing a high-precision ultrasound flow meter and fluid velocity profile reconstruction

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-171

  Mandard, Emmanuelle ^b   Kouamé, Denis ^a,b   Battault, Rodolphe ^c   Remenieras, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Patat, Frédéric ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRANSDUCERS; VELOCITY;

FLOW METER PATHS; UNDISTURBED FLOW;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 41649088295     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.625     Document Type: Article

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