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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus America Inc., Center Valley, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus America Inc., Center Valley, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/26 (2006.01); G01N 29/30 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/069 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); G01N 29/0645 (2013.01); G01N 29/262 (2013.01); G01N 29/30 (2013.01); G01N 2291/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a phased array ultrasound total focusing method in which the ultrasound energy is transmitted as plane waves and the response signals are processed as plane waves. The processing is adaptively corrected to account for geometric variations in the probes and the part being inspected. Methods are disclosed for measuring the geometric variations of the probes and the part.