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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf Kompfner, Stanford, CA (US);
Marvin Chodorow, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ross A Lemons, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 6 / ;
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for imaging objects utilizing acoustic waves wherein an acoustic beam or beams are generated at one or more frequencies and are focused into proximity with the object to generate output acoustic energy at a different frequency or frequencies resultant from nonlinear interactions with the resultant production, after detection and conversion to electric output signals, of high resolution, enhanced images.