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    Echo statistics associated with discrete scatterers: A tutorial on physics-based methods

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    2018-12-06
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    Stanton, Timothy K.  Concept link
    Lee, Wu-Jung  Concept link
    Baik, Kyungmin  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/23618
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5052255
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5052255
    Abstract
    When a beam emitted from an active monostatic sensor system sweeps across a volume, the echoes from scatterers present will fluctuate from ping to ping due to various interference phenomena and statistical processes. Observations of these fluctuations can be used, in combination with models, to infer properties of the scatterers such as numerical density. Modeling the fluctuations can also help predict system performance and associated uncertainties in expected echoes. This tutorial focuses on “physics-based statistics,” which is a predictive form of modeling the fluctuations. The modeling is based principally on the physics of the scattering by individual scatterers, addition of echoes from randomized multiple scatterers, system effects involving the beampattern and signal type, and signal theory including matched filter processing. Some consideration is also given to environment-specific effects such as the presence of boundaries and heterogeneities in the medium. Although the modeling was inspired by applications of sonar in the field of underwater acoustics, the material is presented in a general form, and involving only scalar fields. Therefore, it is broadly applicable to other areas such as medical ultrasound, non-destructive acoustic testing, in-air acoustics, as well as radar and lasers.
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    Author Posting. © Acoustical Society of America, 2018. This article is posted here by permission of Acoustical Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(6), (2018): 3124-3171. doi: 10.1121/1.5052255.
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    Stanton, T. K., Lee, .W, & Baik, K. (2018). Echo statistics associated with discrete scatterers: A tutorial on physics-based methods. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(6), 3124-3171
     
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