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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Roger Kisner, Knoxville, TN (US);
Hector J. Santos-Villalobos, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); G01V 1/46 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01N 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/46 (2013.01); G01S 15/89 (2013.01); G01N 29/00 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8927 (2013.01); G01N 29/069 (2013.01); G01N 29/262 (2013.01); G01S 15/8977 (2013.01); G01S 15/8913 (2013.01); G01N 2291/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inspection system includes a plurality of acoustic beamformers, where each of the plurality of acoustic beamformers including a plurality of acoustic transmitter elements. The system also includes at least one controller configured for causing each of the plurality of acoustic beamformers to generate an acoustic beam directed to a point in a volume of interest during a first time. Based on a reflected wave intensity detected at a plurality of acoustic receiver elements, an image of the volume of interest can be generated.