Acoustic fields radiated and/or scattered by elastic structures are visualized in a number of different ways. This presentation illustrates two possible formats using wide band/short pulse excitation of simple idealized structural configurations. First, the field radiated by a fluid-loaded elastic plate excited by a localized transient force is investigated. The field is calculated using the classical Bernoulli–Euler equations for the plate response and then compared to results obtained using the Timoshenko–Mindlin plate equations. The transient response is visualized by color coding the pressure levels and displaying them in either rectangular or polar formats, using angle of observation and time as the coordinates. With the fluid sound speed as a reference, precursors were observed in both cases, the nature of which depends on the observation angle and the plate theory used. Second, images are discussed that were obtained from processing returns of wide band acoustic pulses scattered by a body as it rotates relative to the source. The rotation angle determines the lateral, or cross-range resolution, while the signal bandwidth determines the down-range resolution by revealing time domain separation. Alternative images show rotation-angle/down-range loci or cross-range/down-range loci. The displays divulge the existence and location of different classes of structural acoustic phenomena. For a detailed study of the scatterers structure, a joint time-frequency representation at fixed body angles can reveal some inherent features that do not stand out in a single domain representation.