Complete post-separation of overlapping ultrasonic signals by combining hard and soft modeling

Ultrasonics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 427-443

  Martinsson, J ^a   Hagglund F ^a   Carlson, J E ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Characterization; Coinciding; Echoes; Overlapping; Separation; Signals; Superimposed; Thin layers; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SEPARATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

CHARACTERIZATION; COINCIDING; ECHOES; EMPIRICAL MODELING; FLOW ANALYSIS; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; OVERLAPPING; PULSE ECHOES; REAL MEASUREMENTS; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL SEPARATION; SIGNALS; SOFT MODELING; SUPERIMPOSED; THIN LAYERS; THROUGH-TRANSMISSION; TIME -OF-FLIGHT; TRANSIT TIMES; ULTRASONIC; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; UNCORRELATED;

ISOMERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 49949099556     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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