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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Warren Lee, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kenneth Wayne Rigby, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lowell Scott Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Inventors:
Warren Lee, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kenneth Wayne Rigby, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lowell Scott Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for Fresnel zone imaging is provided. The method comprises identifying a plurality of constructive regions and a plurality of destructive regions in an energy transmitting device and converting the destructive regions to the constructive regions by using an apodization profile. The apodization profile comprises apodization values for each constructive region and destructive region and the apodization values comprise real numbers.