Mathias Fink

Mathias Fink, born in 1945 in Grenoble, is a French physicist, professor at the École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris, member of the French Academy of Sciences^[1] and professor at the Collège de France.^[2]

Mathias Fink received a M.S. degree in mathematics from Paris University, and the Ph.D. degree in solid state physics. Then he moved to medical imaging and received the Doctorat es-Sciences degree from Paris University in the area of ultrasonic focusing for real-time medical imaging.

Mathias Fink is a professor of physics at the Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI) where he founded in 1990 the Laboratory Ondes et Acoustique.^[3] He pioneered the development of time-reversal mirrors^[4] and Time Reversal Signal Processing. He developed many applications of this concept from ultrasound therapy, medical imaging, non-destructive testing, underwater acoustics, seismic imaging, tactile objects, to electromagnetic telecommunications. He also pioneered innovative medical imaging methods: transient elastography, supersonic shear imaging and multi-wave imaging that are now implemented by several companies. Four companies with close to 170 employees have been created from his research (Echosens,^[5] Sensitive Object,^[6] Supersonic Imagine^[7] and Time Reversal Communications)

References

1. ^ French Academy of Sciences
2. ^ Chaire d'innovation technologique
3. ^ Laboratory Ondes et Acoustique
4. ^ Time-reversal mirrors
5. ^ Echosens
6. ^ SensitiveObject
7. ^ SuperSonicImagine

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