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Limited diffraction beams have a large depth of field. They could have applications in medical imaging,1,2 tissue characterization,3 nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials,4 Doppler velocity measurement,5 as well as other areas such as optics6 and electromagnetics.7
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Lu, Jy., Fatemi, M., Greenleaf, J.F. (1996). Pulse-Echo Imaging With X Wave. In: Tortoli, P., Masotti, L. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8772-3_30
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