The technology of acoustical imaging has advanced rapidly over the last
sixty years, and now represents a sophisticated technique applied to a
wide range of fields including non-destructive testing, medical imaging,
underwater imaging and SONAR, and geophysical exploration. Acoustical
Imaging: Techniques and Applications for Engineers introduces the basic
physics of acoustics and acoustical imaging, before progressing to more
advanced topics such as 3D and 4D imaging, elasticity theory, gauge
invariance property of acoustic equation of motion and acoustic
metamaterials. The author draws together the different technologies in
sonar, seismic and ultrasound imaging, highlighting the similarities
between topic areas and their common underlying theory.
Key features:
- Comprehensively covers all of the important applications of acoustical
imaging.
- Introduces the gauge invariance property of acoustic equation of
motion, with applications in the elastic constants of isotropic
solids, time reversal acoustics, negative refraction, double negative
acoustical metamaterial and acoustical cloaking.
- Contains up to date treatments on latest theories of sound propagation
in random media, including statistical treatment and chaos theory.
- Includes a chapter devoted to new acoustics based on metamaterials, a
field founded by the author, including a new theory of elasticity and
new theory of sound propagation in solids and fluids and tremendous
potential in several novel applications.
Covers the hot topics on acoustical imaging including time reversal
acoustics, negative refraction and acoustical cloaking.
Acoustical Imaging: Techniques and Applications for Engineers is a
comprehensive reference on acoustical imaging and forms a valuable
resource for engineers, researchers, senior undergraduate and graduate
students.
