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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth R Erikson, Watertown, MA (US);
Timothy E White, Acton, MA (US);
R Calvin Owen, Jr, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Anthony M Nicoli, Pepperell, MA (US);
Neal R Butler, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600437 ;
Abstract
An ultrasonic camera having a high efficiency ultrasonic lens is coupled to a ultrasonic transmitter/receiver by a stretched membrane interface. The ultrasonic lens provides highly efficient transmission of ultrasound without introducing aberrations. The ultrasound system also uses a quasi incoherent source to reduce speckle noise in the image.