Patents by Inventor Glenn W. Zeiders
Glenn W. Zeiders 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: 6728567Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the construction and/or use of multidimensional fields that can be used for high-resolution detection and characterization of features within objects. The multidimensional field is constructed from data that is collected by an array of radiation detectors that substantially surround the object under study. The detected radiation is produced by an array of radiation sources and is subsequently scattered, reflected, transmitted, or diffracted by the object under study and any features within the object under study. In particular embodiments of the invention, the radiation that is used is ultrasonic radiation and the object under study is human or animal tissue or an organ. In this case, the invention permits the detection and identification of cancer by an intelligently trained evaluation system.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D. G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Peter J. Littrup, Glenn W. Zeiders
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Patent number: 6672165Abstract: An acoustoelectronic method and apparatus for generating real-time three-dimensional images of an object and characterizing such object are provided. The object is insonified with an incident acoustic signal derived from an electrical signal. Acoustic signals scattered from the object are collected by an acoustic receiver, which generates analog electrical signals that are subsequently converted to digital electronic signals. The digital electronic signals are used in both direct-imaging and holographic methods to produce a three-dimensional representation of the object from which images and characterizations can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer CenterInventors: John D. G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Glenn W. Zeiders, Gregory W. Auner
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Patent number: 6540678Abstract: An acoustoelectronic method and apparatus for generating real-time three-dimensional images of an object and characterizing such object are provided. The object is insonified with an incident acoustic signal derived from an electrical signal. Acoustic signals scattered from the object are collected by an acoustic receiver, which generates analog electrical signals that are subsequently converted to digital electronic signals. The digital electronic signals are used in both direct-imaging and holographic methods to produce a three-dimensional representation of the object from which images and characterizations can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D. G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Glenn W. Zeiders, Gregory W. Auner
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Publication number: 20020143245Abstract: An acoustoelectronic method and apparatus for generating real-time three-dimensional images of an object and characterizing such object are provided. The object is insonified with an incident acoustic signal derived from an electrical signal. Acoustic signals scattered from the object are collected by an acoustic receiver, which generates analog electrical signals that are subsequently converted to digital electronic signals. The digital electronic signals are used in both direct-imaging and holographic methods to produce a three-dimensional representation of the object from which images and characterizations can be generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D.G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Glenn W. Zeiders, Gregory W. Auner
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Publication number: 20020138000Abstract: An acoustoelectronic method and apparatus for generating real-time three-dimensional images of an object and characterizing such object are provided. The object is insonified with an incident acoustic signal derived from an electrical signal. Acoustic signals scattered from the object are collected by an acoustic receiver, which generates analog electrical signals that are subsequently converted to digital electronic signals. The digital electronic signals are used in both direct-imaging and holographic methods to produce a three-dimensional representation of the object from which images and characterizations can be generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D.G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Glenn W. Zeiders, Gregory W. Auner
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Patent number: 6450960Abstract: An acoustoelectronic method and apparatus for generating real-time three-dimensional images of an object and characterizing such object are provided. The object is insonified with an incident acoustic signal derived from an electrical signal. Acoustic signals scattered from the object are collected by an acoustic receiver, which generates analog electrical signals that are subsequently converted to digital electronic signals. The digital electronic signals are used in both direct-imaging and holographic methods to produce a three-dimensional representation of the object from which images and characterizations can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D. G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Glenn W. Zeiders, Gregory W. Auner
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Publication number: 20020065466Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the construction and/or use of multidimensional fields that can be used for high-resolution detection and characterization of features within objects. The multidimensional field is constructed from data that is collected by an array of radiation detectors that substantially surround the object under study. The detected radiation is produced by an array of radiation sources and is subsequently scattered, reflected, transmitted, or diffracted by the object under study and any features within the object under study. In particular embodiments of the invention, the radiation that is used is ultrasonic radiation and the object under study is human or animal tissue or an organ. In this case, the invention permits the detection and identification of cancer by an intelligently trained evaluation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D. G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Peter J. Littrup, Glenn W. Zeiders
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Patent number: 6385474Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the construction and/or use of multidimensional fields that can be used for high-resolution detection and characterization of features within objects. The multidimensional field is constructed from data that is collected by an array of radiation detectors that substantially surround the object under study. The detected radiation is produced by an array of radiation sources and is subsequently scattered, reflected, transmitted, or diffracted by the object under study and any features within the object under study. In particular embodiments of the invention, the radiation that is used is ultrasonic radiation and the object under study is human or animal tissue or an organ. In this case, the invention permits the detection and identification of cancer by an intelligently trained evaluation system.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteInventors: John D. G. Rather, H. John Caulfield, Richard D. Doolittle, Peter J. Littrup, Glenn W. Zeiders
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Patent number: 4789820Abstract: A method and apparatus for simultaneously generating spatial profiles of moisture, thickness, and basis weight across a moving web of paper in a paper making machine. The apparatus includes a plurality of means for generating first and second beams of coherent microwave radiation and for generating signals proportional to the intensity of radiation applied to, reflected from, and transmitted through the web. The incident, reflectance, and transmittance signals for the two frequencies are used to solve simultaneous equations to generate moisture, thickness, and basis weight values at various positions across the web.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1986Date of Patent: December 6, 1988Assignee: Hercules IncorporatedInventors: George B. Parrent, Jr., Glenn W. Zeiders, James P. Reilly, Antonio Khazen
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Patent number: 3942880Abstract: A laser mirror resistant to thermal distortions produced by radiative heating and/or heating by other processes associated with high power CW lasers. A plurality of rods connect a flexible face portion to a stiff base portion to define an "elastic" arrangement which permits free lateral expansion but resists if not prevents distortion in the form of bending of the face portion. The face portion may be formed1. from a block of heat conductive material which has been deeply slotted from its rear end to define an effectively thin face portion attached to a middle portion of high heat capacity, or2. from a thin plate of heat conductive material cooled from the rear face by either forced convection to, or by nucleate boiling of, a flowing heat transfer media in the middle portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1968Date of Patent: March 9, 1976Assignee: Avco CorporationInventor: Glenn W. Zeiders, Jr.