Adaptive focusing in scattering media through sound-speed inhomogeneities: The van Cittert Zernike approach and focusing criterion

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 3721-3732

  Mallart, Raoul ^a   Fink, Mathias ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISPERSION; ECHOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0028052045     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.410562     Document Type: Article

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