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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2011
Applicants:

Chung Chang, Houston, TX (US);

Arthur Cheng, Houston, TX (US);

Chen LI, Katy, TX (US);

Steve Zannoni, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Chung Chang, Houston, TX (US);

Arthur Cheng, Houston, TX (US);

Chen Li, Katy, TX (US);

Steve Zannoni, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G03B 42/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/8977 (2013.01); G01N 29/221 (2013.01); G01S 15/8997 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G01V 1/38 (2013.01); G03B 42/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

In various embodiments, apparatus and methods are provided to perform acoustic imaging. An acoustic wave can be acquired at a detector, where the acoustic wave propagates from a target to the detector. The target may be acoustically illuminated to provide the acoustic wave. A signal from the detector in response to acquiring the acoustic wave can be processed in a model such that the processing implements a synthetic acoustic lens to generate an image of the target. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.


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