Separation of overlapping linear frequency modulated (LFM) signals using the fractional Fourier transform

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2324-2333

  Cowell, David M J ^a   Freear, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TRANSFORM; COMPONENT SIGNALS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN FILTERING; LFM SIGNAL; LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATED; LINEAR FREQUENCY MODULATED SIGNALS; PULSED SIGNALS; SEPARATION METHODS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL SEPARATION; STAINLESS STEEL PLATE; TEMPORAL SEPARATION; TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL; WATER-FILLED PIPES;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STAINLESS STEEL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957703377     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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