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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
David H. Chambers, Livermore, CA (US);
Jeffrey Mast, Loveland, CO (US);
Stephen G. Azevedo, Livermore, CA (US);
Frank Wuebbeling, Billerbeck, DE;
Frank Natterer, Muenster, DE;
Neb Duric, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter J. Littrup, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Earle Holsapple, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
David H. Chambers, Livermore, CA (US);
Jeffrey Mast, Loveland, CO (US);
Stephen G. Azevedo, Livermore, CA (US);
Frank Wuebbeling, Billerbeck, DE;
Frank Natterer, Muenster, DE;
Neb Duric, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter J. Littrup, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Earle Holsapple, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for investigating tissue in which acoustic data are derived from scattering a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves from a plurality of transmission elements through the tissue to a plurality of receiving elements. The acoustic data, which include a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves, are received and digitized, and a representation of a portion of the tissue is generated from the digitized acoustic data.