Patents Represented by Attorney John R. Rocs
  • Patent number: 5435312
    Abstract: This invention provides an acoustic imaging device which utilizes scattered acoustic wave information to produce an image. The system consists of an array of acoustic transducers which at least partially encircle a medium to be imaged. The medium is sequentially insonified by each transducer with an acoustic signal comprised of at least one discrete frequency. The acoustic signal scatters from the medium and is detected by the remaining transducers. A data set representing the phase and amplitude of each discrete frequency at each transducer is acquired and used by a computer to calculate an image of the medium. Images acquired and calculated at each identifiable discrete frequency are combined in various ways in order to improve the quality of the final image of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Inventors: Brett A. Spivey, Peter I. Martin, Douglas A. Palmer, Greg Otto