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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Los Alamos National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventors:
Dipen N. Sinha, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Curtis F. Osterhoudt, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Cristian Pantea, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 42/06 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 42/06 (2013.01); G01S 15/895 (2013.01); G01S 15/8913 (2013.01); G01S 15/8934 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a method and an apparatus that can image objects immersed in optically opaque fluids using ultrasound in a confined space and in a harsh environment. If the fluid is not highly attenuating at frequencies above 1 MHz, where commercial ultrasound scanners are available, such scanners can be adapted for imaging in these fluids. In the case of highly attenuating fluids, such as drilling mud, then a low frequency collimated sound source is used.