Time reversal focusing applied to lithotripsy

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-121

  Thomas, Jean Louis ^a   Wu, François ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Electronic focusing, extrapolation; lithotripsy; piezoelectric generator; stone tracking; time delay estimation; time reversal mirrors; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MIRRORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SHOCK WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

LEAST MEAN SQUARE METHOD; LITHOTRIPSY; PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATORS; PULSED ULTRASONIC WAVE; TIME DELAY ESTIMATION; TIME REVERSAL MIRRORS; TIME REVERSAL PROCESSING; TIME-REVERSAL FOCUSING;

FOCUSING;

ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; LITHOTRIPSY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SHOCK WAVE; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029782383     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/uimg.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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