Patents by Inventor Sidney W. Ferguson

Sidney W. Ferguson 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).

  • Patent number: 7285092
    Abstract: A method and system for examining tissue are provided in which the tissue is maintained in a position so that it may be insonified with a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves. The insonifying acoustic waves are scattered by the tissue so that scattered acoustic radiation including a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves is received. A representation of a portion of the tissue is then derived from the received scattered acoustic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Nebojsa Duric, Peter J. Littrup, Earle Holsapple, III, Robert Henry Barter, Thomas L Moore, Stephen G. Azevedo, Sidney W. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20040122304
    Abstract: A method and system for examining tissue are provided in which the tissue is maintained in a position so that it may be insonified with a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves. The insonifying acoustic waves are scattered by the tissue so that scattered acoustic radiation including a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves is received. A representation of a portion of the tissue is then derived from the received scattered acoustic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Nebojsa Duric, Peter J. Littrup, Earle Holsapple, Robert Henry Barter, Thomas L. Moore, Stephen G. Azevedo, Sidney W. Ferguson