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Beam focusing

Case contributed by Hamish Smith
Diagram

Diagrams showing transmit delays, dynamic receiving delays and how the focal depth can be altered using the timing of the delays. Adapted from Bushberg's The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging. 

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