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angle of incidence
(redirected from Grazing angle)

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angle of incidence,
the angle at which an ultrasound beam hits the interface between two different types of tissues, such as the facing surfaces of bone and muscle. The angle is also affected by the difference in acoustic impedance of the different tissues.


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This grazing angle geometry confers two main benefits.
7-11) The second, more specialized technique is an external reflection approach undertaken at grazing angle of incidence, which is often referred to as RAIRS (Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy), (12) or some other similar acronym.
It provides enough detail to allow aircraft on an airfield to be located and counted from a long stand-off range, but the grazing angle must be large enough to avoid excessive masking of features.
 
 
 
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