Parameter estimation for wavelet transformed ultrasonic signals

NDT and E International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  White, Andrew ^a   Hong, Jung Wuk ^a   Hong, Soonsung ^a   Choi, Jongeun ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Parameter estimation; Ultrasonic signals; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CLOSED-FORM ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CRAMER-RAO LOWER BOUND; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; IMMERSION TESTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLE-ECHO; NOISY VERSIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES; PARAMETERIZED; SCAN DATA; SEPARABLE NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; METAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 78549292720     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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