Albert Macovski

{{Short description|American engineer}}

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| education = New York University
Stanford University

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| thesis_title = Efficient Holography Using Temporal Modulation

| thesis_url = https://worldcat.org/title/25732224

| thesis_year = 1968

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| academic_advisors = Joseph W. Goodman

| doctoral_students = John M. Pauly

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Albert Macovski is an American Professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University,{{DBLP}} known for his many innovations in the area of imaging, particularly in the medical field.{{MathGenealogy}}[http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=1&DicID=16317&RefType=Encyclopedia Smart Computing Encyclopedia Entry][https://web.archive.org/web/20070217191044/http://www-ee.stanford.edu/Faculty/Macovski_Albert.html Stanford Faculty Page][http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/macovski_patent.html Description of ultrasound phased array patent][https://web.archive.org/web/20120113063727/http://www-mrsrl.stanford.edu/genealogy/main.html Academic genealogy]