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Recent Trends and Diversity in Ultrasonics

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Ultrasonic technology is growing rapidly with a promise of having tremendous potential. A range of diverse applications using ultrasonic sensors have been witnessed recently in several areas ranging from healthcare, food sector, non-destructive testing, level measurement, etc. In industry, it is used for processes including cutting, forming, cleaning, and welding of metals and plastics. New hybrid forms of ultrasonics are also finding latest interest and attraction owing to the improved resolution and penetration depth for medical imaging. The present chapter explores the basics of ultrasonics along with a wide range of applications. Improvements in ultrasonic sensors have now resulted in low-cost, user-friendly, and compact devices. Being a radiation-free alternative, ultrasound has become ubiquitous attracting a wide range of interest resulting in the growing customer market. In retrospect, it should not have been so astonishing that ultrasound is soon to be covering the day-to-day field of importance areas widely.

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  1. Biophotonics Laboratory Physics Department, IIT-Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Deepa Joshi & D. S. Mehta

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  1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Dinesh K. Aswal

  2. Physico-Mechanical Metrology, CSIR - National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Sanjay Yadav

  3. National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial, Ibaraki, Japan

    Toshiyuki Takatsuji

  4. National Institute of Standards and Tech, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Prem Rachakonda

  5. Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

    Harish Kumar

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    Sanjay Yadav

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Joshi, D., Mehta, D.S. (2023). Recent Trends and Diversity in Ultrasonics. In: Aswal, D.K., Yadav, S., Takatsuji, T., Rachakonda, P., Kumar, H. (eds) Handbook of Metrology and Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2074-7_43

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