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angle of incidence |
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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The system adjusts the positioning of solar cell panels to ensure that they remain perpendicular to the incident angle of the sun's rays in order to maximize energy output. The specimen rotation stage and the detector ring position determine the incident angle of the beam on the specimen and the viewing angle of the detector. d] is set equal to the incident angle [theta], and for each angle [theta] considered, a sufficient number of rays is generated with a divergence distributed according to Sec. |
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