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  • Diffuse field full matrix c...
    Potter, J.N.; Wilcox, P.D.; Croxford, A.J.

    Ultrasonics, January 2018, 2018-01-00, 20180101, Letnik: 82
    Journal Article

    This article reports a technique for near-surface ultrasonic array imaging. Information equivalent to an undelayed full matrix of inter-element responses is produced through cross-correlation of a later time diffuse full matrix. This reconstructed full matrix lacks the nonlinear effects of early time saturation present in a directly acquired response. Consequently the near-surface material information usually obscured by this effect is retrieved. Furthermore it is shown that a hybrid full matrix formed through a temporally weighted sum of coherent and reconstructed matrices allows for effective near-surface and bulk material imaging from a single direct-contact experimental realisation.