Comparison of simulated and measured HRTFs: FDTD simulation using MRI head data

Audio Engineering Society - 123rd Audio Engineering Society Convention 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 46-57

  Mokhtari, Parham ^a   Takemoto, Hironori ^a   Nishimura, Ryouichi ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; HEAD DATA; HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; SOURCE LOCATION; SPECTRAL DISTORTIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84866492787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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