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Synthetic Aperture Focusing Techniques in the Near Field of a Focused Transducer
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
  • W. Masri, Iowa State University
  • Mani Mina, Iowa State University
  • S. S. Udpa, Iowa State University
  • L. Udpa, Iowa State University
  • T. Xue, Iowa State University
  • William Lord, Iowa State University
Location
Seattle, WA
Start Date
1-1-1996 12:00 AM
Description

Synthetic aperture focusing techniques (SAFT) represent a special class of beam steering algorithms [1] that are used to improve the resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of ultrasonic images. It has been traditionally performed using focused transducers, with the test material located in a region where the ultrasonic beam diverges beyond the focal point [2,3]. This is to ensure that the transducer collects enough data relating to the defect. Operating in the far-field of the transducer where the spatial field variations are slow minimizes the error.

Book Title
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Chapter
Chapter 8: Systems, New Techniques and Process Control
Section
New Techniques
Pages
2073-2079
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-0383-1_272
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
W. Masri, Mani Mina, S. S. Udpa, L. Udpa, et al.. "Synthetic Aperture Focusing Techniques in the Near Field of a Focused Transducer" Vol. 15B (1996)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mani_mina/8/