"ultrasonic stars" for time reversal focusing using induced cavitation bubbles

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 829, Issue , 2006, Pages 223-227

  Pernot, Mathieu ^a   Montaldo, Gabriel ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive focusing; Bubble; Cavitation; HiFU; Time reversal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845426338     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2205470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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