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7312453 Methods for determining corrosion products on substrates using infrared imaging  
Methods for determining corrosion products on a substrate are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-destructive method for determining an amount of corrosion product on a metallic substrate includes...
7307258 Terahertz system for detecting the burn degree of skin  
A system for detecting the burn degree of skin includes a laser source for generating laser light, a light-splitting device for splitting the laser light into a pump beam and a probe beam, a...
7304306 Direct conversion system for security standoff detection  
A security detection system includes a radiation source configured to generate and direct terahertz radiation onto an object. Further, the system also includes a detector module configured to...
7301149 Apparatus and method for determining a thickness of a deposited material  
Method and apparatus for determining a thickness of a deposited material. Energy is passed through the deposited material, wherein some of the energy is transmitted. The transmitted energy is...
7291839 Subcentimeter radiation detection and frequency domain spectroscopy  
A system, method and detection arrangement for investigation of a sample are described. A laser illumination arrangement generates (i) a source laser energy that is incident on a source to cause...
7291838 Apparatus and method for detecting scattered material by terahertz wave  
There is disclosed an apparatus comprising: a terahertz wave generation device which generates a terahertz wave; a terahertz wave irradiation device which irradiates an object to be inspected with...
7282716 Digital imaging assembly and methods thereof  
A coherent radiation imaging system that produces digital images with a reduced amount of speckle. Radiation from a long coherence length source is used to form an image of a sample. The output...
7274443 Corrosion monitoring system, optical corrosion probe, and methods of use  
Optical corrosion monitoring and detection systems as well as methods to detect and monitor corrosion under process conditions and generally in real time using electromagnetic radiation,...
7271387 Laser desorption and thermal emission spectroscopy for chemical analysis of cryogenic surfaces  
A method for remote analysis of materials embedded in a frozen surface, such as in the icy surface of a planetary body. A laser on board a spacecraft irradiates the frozen surface and thereby...
7230245 Field induced THz wave emission microscope  
A device for use with a source of radiation to provide a THz emission image representing a sample. The device comprises a substrate, a metallic probe having a tip adjacent to the substrate surface...
7220966 Systems and methods for inspecting coatings, surfaces and interfaces  
A system for detecting defects in paint coatings includes a temperature manipulation apparatus configured to change the temperature of a surface and a coating applied to the surface. The system may...
7218267 System of subterranean anomaly detection and repair using infrared thermography and ground penetrating radar  
Method and system to identify, verify and remediate subterranean anomalies. Infrared (IR) thermographic scanning [ 10 ] of a selected surface area obtains image area data [ 12, 14 ] inferring such...
7214941 Crack detection in razor blades  
Methods are provided for determining the presence of cracks in razor blades during manufacturing. The methods may include, for example, providing a plurality of razor blades in a stack, inducing a...
7214940 Apparatus and method for investigating a sample  
An apparatus for investigating a sample comprising a source of a beam of radiation, a detector for detecting a beam of radiation reflected by or transmitted through a sample to be imaged, an...
7199367 System and method for defect detection by inducing acoustic chaos  
A defect detection system for thermally imaging a structure that has been energized by sound energy. The system includes a transducer that couples a sound signal into the structure, where the sound...
7194236 Millimeter wave imaging system  
A millimeter wave imaging system that includes at least one millimeter wave frequency scanning antenna for collecting frequency dependent beams of millimeter wave radiation from a narrow...
7186981 Method and apparatus for thermographic imaging using flash pulse truncation  
A pulse controller device for controlling the excitation of a heat source used in thermographic imaging is disclosed. The pulse controller device comprises a power supply, a heat source coupled to...
7174037 Imaging apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for imaging a sample, the apparatus including a source for irradiating a sample with a beam of substantially continuous electromagnetic radiation having a frequency in the...
7164119 Security sensor system  
A security sensor system includes beam projecting and receiving units ( 1 ) and ( 2 ). The proper range of the received beam level is adjusted with change in time of the received beam level so that...
7157714 Thermal imaging method to detect subsurface objects  
A thermal imaging method to detect heat flows from naturally-heated subsurface objects. The method uniquely combines precise, emissivity-corrected temperature maps, thermal inertia maps,...
7129491 Diffraction mode terahertz tomography  
A method of obtaining a series of images of a three-dimensional object. The method includes the steps of transmitting pulsed terahertz (THz) radiation through the entire object from a plurality of...
7129490 Oject detection technology  
A detection apparatus is discloses comprising an emitter for emitting a plurality of optical pulses; a detector for receiving the optical pulses from the emitter; and a controller connected to the...
7123775 Image processing method, image processing program and image processing apparatus  
An image processing method is provided for obtaining a non-deteriorated pixel value as a pixel value of a pixel free from a defect such as a scar or dust from non-visible beam image information...
7123366 Method and apparatus for measurements of patterned structures  
An apparatus and a method are disclosed for measuring at least one desired parameter of a patterned structure having a plurality of features defined by a certain process of its manufacturing,...
7122801 System and method for generating chaotic sound for sonic infrared imaging of defects in materials  
A defect detection system for thermally imaging a structure that has been energized by sound energy. The system includes a transducer that couples a sound signal into the structure, where the sound...
7122800 Optical density sensor  
An optical density sensor disposed over a target surface in an image formation apparatus comprises an integrating cavity having a diffuse, reflective interior surface and a view port formed...
7119339 Transmission mode terahertz computed tomography  
A method of obtaining a series of images of a three-dimensional object by transmitting pulsed terahertz (THz) radiation through the entire object from a plurality of angles, optically detecting...
7112792 Defect inspection and charged particle beam apparatus  
In a defect inspection apparatus which combines a plurality of probes for measuring electric properties of a specimen including a fine circuit line pattern with a charged particle beam apparatus,...
7105822 Characterization of clarity and color enhancement agents in gems  
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy using near infrared and mid infrared radiation is used to detect the presence of organic chemical compounds in gems. Suitably, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier...
7087902 Fresnel lens tomographic imaging  
Systems and methods for reconstructing a plurality of images of an object. An exemplary system includes a radiation source adapted to emit radiation at a plurality of frequencies; a lens with...
7084402 Liquid coupled defect detection systems and methods  
Systems and methods for detecting defects in a test specimen. The method generally includes applying a liquid detection medium to the test specimen and exciting the test specimen to cause the...
7084401 High sensitivity particle detection  
A smoke detector is shown in which blue light is directed through a scattering volume ( 9 ) from a radiation emitter ( 3 ) and infra-red radiation is also directed through the scattering volume ( 9...
7075083 Method for examining the structure of through-holes of a component  
Methods for examining through holes of a component according to prior art generally use hot gases for the thermographic detection of blockages. The inventive method for examining the structure of...
7064331 Method for calibrating and enhancing flaw detection of an acoustic thermography system  
A method and apparatus for calibrating an acoustic thermography system 10 and/or enhancing the flaw detection abilities of such a system is provided. The method allows applying a material (e.g., ...
7060971 Reference standard systems for thermosonic flaw detection  
A flaw inspection system ( 10 ) contains a substrate ( 12 ) to be inspected, such as a generator tube wall, a rotor of a generator, an aircraft skin, having or thought to have interior defects (...
7057250 Terahertz frequency band wavelength selector  
A terahertz (THz) frequency radiation source to emit radiation in a narrow wavelength band within a range of about 3 μm to 3000 μm. This source includes: a broad bandwidth emitter to generate a...
7051636 Electromagnetic weapon  
An electromagnetic weapon that includes semi-randomly arranged antenna elements and a central weapon computer. The antenna elements are coordinated to function as an active phased array capable of...
7045786 Method of photocarrier radiometry of semiconductors  
The present invention relates to metrologic methodologies and instrumentation, in particular laser-frequency domain infrared photocarrier radiometry (PCR), for contamination and defect mapping and...
7038208 Systems and methods for non-destructively detecting material abnormalities beneath a coated surface  
The present invention provides systems and methods for non-destructively detecting material abnormalities beneath a coated surface, comprising a mid-infrared (MIR) illumination unit for...
7034303 System and method of image reconstruction for optical tomography with limited data  
A methodology and concomitant system for the reconstruction of an object from measurements of the transmitted intensity of scattered radiation effected by irradiating the object with a source of...
7015474 System and method for detecting and characterizing media  
A system for detecting and characterizing media includes a light source, at least two sensors, and a media identification system. The light source is positioned to emit at least a portion of an...
7015473 Method and apparatus for internal feature reconstruction  
A method for reconstructing internal surface geometry of a part includes registering a thickness map for the part with external surface data for the part. The thickness map has a number of...
6998615 Method for evaluating piezoelectric fields  
In a method of evaluating a piezoelectric field, non-destructive spectrometry of piezoelectric fields is performed in a semiconductor heterojunction using a technique different from PR...
6977379 T-ray Microscope  
A microscope for producing an image of a target using THz radiation. The microscope comprises a source for providing an optical pump pulse and an optical probe pulse; a THz emitter for activation...
6965108 Method and apparatus for three dimensional imaging using infrared radiation  
An infrared three-dimensional imaging system and method in which an object is irradiated by monochromatic radiation in the near-infrared or mid-infrared region of the spectrum. A spectral image is...
6958480 Sample desorption/ionization from mesoporous silica  
Mesoporous silica is shown to be a sample holder for laser desorption/ionization of mass spectrometry. Supported mesoporous silica was prepared by coating an ethanolic silicate solution having a...
6922582 Method of and device for localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium  
The invention relates to methods of localizing a deviant region in a turbid medium. The invention also relates to devices for carrying out such methods. Said methods can possibly be used in optical...
6919572 Compensating for variations in article speeds and characteristics at different article positions during article irradiation  
First embodiment: an article is conveyed in a first direction at different speeds at different positions on the article in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. For...
6919567 Active infrared sensor  
An optical transmitter is equipped with a transmitted pulse modulator at which a plurality of optical transmission patterns have previously been stored. The respective stored optical transmission...
6917039 Method and system for combined photothermal modulated reflectance and photothermal IR radiometric system  
A method and apparatus for evaluating a semiconductor wafer. A combination of a photothermal modulated reflectance method and system with a photothermal IR radiometry system and method is utilized...
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