Computational study of time reversal mirror technique for microwave-induced thermo-acoustic tomography

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2191-2204

  Chen, G ^a   Zhao, Z ^a   Nie, Z ^a   Liu, Q H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; COMPLEX BIOLOGICS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; HIGHER ORDER; INITIAL PRESSURE; MALIGNANT TUMORS; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; RANDOM MEDIA; TIME DOMAIN; TIME REVERSAL MIRRORS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS; VELOCITY PARAMETERS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; MICROWAVES; MIRRORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 58149194093     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939308787522555     Document Type: Article

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