A novel biomimetic sonarhead using beamforming technology to mimic bat echolocation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1369-1377

  Steckel, Jan ^a   Peremans, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY OF RECEIVERS; BAT ECHOLOCATION; COMPLETE SYSTEM; EMISSION PATTERN; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; USB INTERFACE;

UNDERWATER AUDITION;

BIOMIMETICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOLOCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ECHOLOCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865245095     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2337     Document Type: Article

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