Adaptive projection method applied to three-dimensional ultrasonic focusing and steering through the ribs

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 716-723

  Cochard, E ^a   Aubry, J F ^a   Tanter, M ^a   Prada, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; BACK-SCATTERED; BEAM-STEERING; FOCAL PLANE; INVASIVE TECHNIQUES; MINIMAL ENERGY; NOISE SUBSPACE; NONINVASIVE METHODS; PRESSURE FIELD; PROJECTION METHOD; REAL TIME; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TIME-REVERSAL FOCUSING; TIME-REVERSAL OPERATOR; TIME-REVERSED; ULTRASONIC FOCUSING;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

FOCUSING;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RADIATION SCATTERING; RIB; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRESSURE; RIBS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 80052455838     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3607419     Document Type: Article

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