Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 86-94 , January 2010

Time Reversal Acoustic Focusing With A Catheter Balloon

Received 1 December 2008 ,Revised 22 June 2009 ,Accepted 5 August 2009.

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