Ultrasonic beam focusing through tissue inhomogeneities with a time reversal mirror: application to transskull therapy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1122-1129

  Thomas, Jean Louis ^a   Fink, Mathias A ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

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EID: 0030289227     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.542055     Document Type: Article

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