Precision measurement of acoustic reflectivity for a scanning acoustic microscope that measures amplitude and phase: Applicability in biology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5394, Issue , 2004, Pages 233-238

  Ngwa, W ^a   Knauth, S ^a   Laforsch, C ^b   Grill, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic impedance; Acoustic microscopy; Daphnia carapace; Phase image; Phase sensitive acoustic microscopy; Reflectivity; Tilt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MARINE BIOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING; SURFACES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDENCE; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; DAPHNIA CARAPACE; PHASE IMAGE; PHASE-SENSITIVE ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; TILT;

ACOUSTIC IMAGING;

EID: 5444253772     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.544126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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