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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Jingzhou Xu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Xi-cheng Zhang, Melrose, NY (US);
Jingzhou Xu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Xi-Cheng Zhang, Melrose, NY (US);
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for imaging an object includes transmitting distinguishable electromagnetic waves from a plurality of radiators of an antenna array, wherein each of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves is distinguishable from others by a detector. Each of the radiators transmits radiation comprising a different distinguishable electromagnetic wave. The method also includes imaging at least a portion of the antenna array onto a targeted object, wherein each image area of a plurality of image areas on the targeted object corresponds to an image of a respective radiator of the antenna array, and detecting a plurality of resultant electromagnetic waves, wherein the resultant electromagnetic waves are transmitted, scattered, or reflected by respective image areas on the targeted object in response to each of the respective image areas being illuminated by the radiation transmitted by the respective radiator of the source array.