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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. 29, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
George F. Garlick, Richland, WA (US);
Jerod O. Shelby, Richland, WA (US);
Ronald L. Shelby, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Imaging Technologies, Inc., Preston, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/904 ; G03H 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/904 ; G03H 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating an acoustic holographic image having a plurality of pulses with different characteristic parameters from each other. More particularly, a sequence contains a plurality of pulses which have different characteristic parameters from each other. An image is created for each sequence and the effect of each pulse in creating the image is varied based on the variation of the characteristic parameter for each pulse. A selectively enhanced acoustic image is thereby obtained.