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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:
Jun. 28, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Kossoff, Northbridge, AU;
David Errol Robinson, Avalon Beach, AU;
Assignee:
The Commonwealth of Australia, c/o Dept. of Health, Phillip, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 6 / ; 343 / ; 340 / ;
Abstract
A method of pulse-echo ultrasonic examination of an object particularly in medical diagnostic examination, comprises the stepwise increase of the gain of the equipment to compensate for loss of energy as echoes are received from reflecting surfaces deeper within the object and cyclic alteration of the gain at each step.