Patents by Inventor Jerome Charles Mertz
Jerome Charles Mertz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11226474Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYInventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
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Publication number: 20200355897Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
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Patent number: 10678037Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
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Patent number: 10641739Abstract: An Oblique Backscatter Ultrasound imaging system includes a transceiver that has an US source and a plurality of US detectors configured in receive signals off axis from the US source. While the system is arranged in a reflective configuration, the device produces transmissive contrast signals to yield improved images. The transceiver can be mounted to a movable stage or robotic arm to enable it to scan the surface of a target. Alternatively, scanning can be performed by 1D or 2D phased-array transmission or detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Trustees of Boston UniversityInventor: Jerome Charles Mertz
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Publication number: 20200018940Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
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Publication number: 20170363582Abstract: An Oblique Backscatter Ultrasound imaging system includes a transceiver that has an US source and a plurality of US detectors configured in receive signals off axis from the US source. While the system is arranged in a reflective configuration, the device produces transmissive contrast signals to yield improved images. The transceiver can be mounted to a movable stage or robotic arm to enable it to scan the surface of a target. Alternatively, scanning can be performed by 1D or 2D phased-array transmission or detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYInventor: Jerome Charles MERTZ
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Patent number: 9091862Abstract: A partitioned aperture wavefront imaging system includes an imaging system comprising a partitioned aperture lens array positioned at the aperture plane or Fourier plane between the entrance plane and camera plane of an imaging system. The partitioned aperture lens array can include 2 or more off-axis lenses symmetrically distributed about an optical axis, and adapted to produce simultaneously at the camera plane at least two images of an object, or intermediate image of an object, presented at the entrance plane. Preferably, the partitioned aperture lens array includes from 3 to 5 off-axis lenses and produces 3 to 5 images at the camera plane from which phase and amplitude information about the light field can be determined. The partitioned aperture wavefront imaging system provides enough information about the light field presented at the entrance plane to enable reconstruction of the light field at other planes relative to the entrance plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYInventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Kengyeh Ken Chu, Ashwin Parthasarathy
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Publication number: 20150087902Abstract: A method of creating a phase contrast image is provided. In some embodiments the method comprises illuminating the target region of a sample with a first light source to provide a first oblique back illumination of the target region of the sample, and detecting a first phase contrast image from light originating from the first light source and back illuminating the target region of the sample. In some embodiments the method further comprises illuminating the sample with a second light source to provide a second oblique back illumination of the target region of the sample, and detecting a second phase contrast image from light originating from the second light source and back illuminating the target region of the sample. In some embodiments a difference image of the target region of the sample is created by subtracting the second phase contrast image of the target region of the sample from the first phase contrast image of the target region of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Timothy Nehiley Ford, Kengyeh Ken Chu
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Publication number: 20140267674Abstract: A partitioned aperture wavefront imaging system includes an imaging system comprising a partitioned aperture lens array positioned at the aperture plane or Fourier plane between the entrance plane and camera plane of an imaging system. The partitioned aperture lens array can include 2 or more off-axis lenses symmetrically distributed about an optical axis, and adapted to produce simultaneously at the camera plane at least two images of an object, or intermediate image of an object, presented at the entrance plane. Preferably, the partitioned aperture lens array includes from 3 to 5 off-axis lenses and produces 3 to 5 images at the camera plane from which phase and amplitude information about the light field can be determined. The partitioned aperture wavefront imaging system provides enough information about the light field presented at the entrance plane to enable reconstruction of the light field at other planes relative to the entrance plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYInventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Kengyeh Ken Chu, Ashwin Parthasarathy