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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:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2009
Applicants:

Christoper C. Davis, Bowie, MD (US);

Quirino Balzano, Annapolis, MD (US);

Vildana Hodzic, College Park, MD (US);

Robert W. Gammon, University Park, MD (US);

Inventors:

Christoper C. Davis, Bowie, MD (US);

Quirino Balzano, Annapolis, MD (US);

Vildana Hodzic, College Park, MD (US);

Robert W. Gammon, University Park, MD (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/0885 (2013.01); G01R 29/0857 (2013.01);
Abstract

A new rapid optical specific absorption rate (SAR) system is disclosed. The rapid optical SAR system has ability to measure and map the power deposited in a flat phantom or other phantom filled with a transparent simulant fluid. Absolute rates of temperature increase in the phantom by photo thermal techniques are measured. For example, the temperature increase and gradients in the phantom bend the path of a laser beam, which may be aimed at a position sensitive detector. The spatial SAR may be mapped and SAR differences between different telephones and telephone orientations, for example, can be distinguished. The system is non-invasive and non-perturbing of the SAR distribution in the phantom, can measure at locations up to the interior surface of the phantom, and provides thermally-based SAR measurements that do not necessarily require constant calibration.


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