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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Peter William Lorraine, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Alan Kline, Norman, OK (US);
Peter William Lorraine, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Alan Kline, Norman, OK (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for imaging anisotropic media comprising selecting multiple points within the anisotropic media, which is to be imaged; determining an acoustic path between each selected point in the anisotropic media and a receiver position on the surface of the anisotropic media; calculating an acoustic wave velocity at all necessary points; determining an acoustic path length based on each selected point in the anisotropic media and the receiver position; determining a time delay for each acoustic wave between each image point and the receiver position on the surface of the anisotropic media; calculating a sum for each point selected based on the appropriate acoustic wave velocities and the acoustic path lengths; and generating an image of the anisotropic media using the coherent sums generated for each said image point selected.