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Patent No.:

US 8894580 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2013

Reflective echo tomographic imaging using acoustic beams

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);

Attorney:

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ian J Lobo

Assistant Examiner:

Hovhannes Baghdasaryan

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kisner, Roger. (2014). Reflective echo tomographic imaging using acoustic beams (U.S. Patent No. 8894580). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8894580

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