A transverse oscillation approach for estimation of three-dimensional velocity vectors, Part I: Concept and simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1599-1607

  Pihl, Michael ^a   Jensen, Jorgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; TRANSDUCERS;

COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; FLOATING POINT OPERATIONS PER SECONDS; ORTHOGONAL COMPONENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY ESTIMATION; VELOCITY VECTOR ESTIMATION;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84907659034     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.006237     Document Type: Article

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