Spatio-temporal coding in complex media for optimum beamforming: The iterative time-reversal approach

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 220-229

  Montaldo, Gabriel ^a   Aubry, Jean François ^a   Tanter, Mickaël ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BRAIN; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BEAMFORMING; IMAGING DEVICES; TIME SHIFTS; TIME-REVERSAL METHODS;

IMAGE CODING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; TIME; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FILTRATION; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 17844404823     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1406548     Document Type: Article

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