Determination of the velocity of sound with high resolution by ultrasonic imaging of wedge shaped objects in transmission with vector contrast

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6935, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Amjad, U ^a   Ndop, J ^a   Twerdowski, E ^a   Grill, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Determination of mechanical properties by PSAM; Transmission PSAM; Vector contrast ultrasonic imaging; Velocity of sound

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COUPLING FLUIDS; PLANAR OBJECTS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT; VECTOR CONTRAST ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 44349105950     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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