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8358559 |
System and method for imaging
An imaging device is provided, comprising: a decorrelation circuit configured to receive K initial imaging signals and to perform a decorrelation operation on K initial imaging signals,...
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8345508 |
Large area modular sensor array assembly and method for making the same
A modular and tileable sensor array with routing in the interposer carrying the signals from the sensors to the integrated circuits. In one embodiment a large area modular sensor array assembly...
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8296858 |
Flexibly displaceable coupling device for acoustically excited atomic force microscopy with acoustic excitation of the sample
A coupling device for an atomic force microscope with acoustic sample excitation includes a sound generator, in particular an ultrasonic test head, and designed for coupling of sound waves...
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8279705 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic transmission/reception method
According to one embodiment, a reception unit generates reception beam data set groups based on echo signals. Each of the reception beam data set groups includes reception beam data sets...
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8266966 |
Ultrasonic exploration method and ultrasonic exploration apparatus
An exploration operation, in which the transmission/reception position, at which ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received, is changed by a specified pitch distance, is performed for each of a...
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8229134 |
Audio camera using microphone arrays for real time capture of audio images and method for jointly processing the audio images with video images
Spherical microphone arrays provide an ability to compute the acoustical intensity corresponding to different spatial directions in a given frame of audio data. These intensities may be exhibited...
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8174925 |
Acoustic camera
An acoustic camera comprises a first sound pick-up device, a second sound pick-up device, and a switch. The switch is respectively connected to the first sound pick-up device and the second pick-up...
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RE43048 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging with harmonic contrast agents
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the detection and imaging of ultrasonic harmonic contrast agents. The harmonic echo effect is detected through alternate polarity acquisition of harmonic...
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8009507 |
System and method for adaptable aperture planar phased array
A system for an adaptable aperture planar array for maintaining source resolution is provided. The system includes a first nested array defining a first aperture responsive to a first range of...
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7966147 |
Generating images according to points of intersection for integer multiples of a sample-time distance
According to one embodiment, generating images according to intersection points includes obtaining samples of signals from transmitter-receiver pairs. A transmitter-receiver pair is configured to...
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7957219 |
Method and apparatus for elevation focus control of acoustic waves
An acoustic probe includes an acoustic transducer having acoustic transducer elements arranged in a one-dimensional array; and a variably-refracting acoustic lens coupled to the acoustic...
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7898902 |
Method of representation of sonar images
Sonar three dimensional data are represented by a two dimensional image. Pixels of the two dimensional image are emphasized if the if the three dimensional data associated with the pixel differ by...
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7865269 |
Robotic surgical system with joint motion controller adapted to reduce instrument tip vibrations
A robotic surgical system has a robot arm holding an instrument for performing a surgical procedure, and a control system for controlling movement of the arm and its instrument according to user...
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7850625 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring labor parameter
A method for early detection of a pregnancy complication, including touching a position sensor to a point on a fetal presenting part of a fetus in a mother, and capturing a position of the position...
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7844130 |
Method of volume-panorama imaging processing
The present invention discloses a method of volume-panorama imaging processing, which generates a volume-panorama image by subsequently splicing respective image frames from an image sequence...
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7806825 |
Diagnostic signal processing method and system
A signal processing utility is disclosed involving time-to-frequency domain transforms for applications including medical diagnostic signal processing. Such transforms can be used to define a...
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7736312 |
Acoustic monitoring system
An acoustic monitoring system that is able to verify the success or failure of the positional adjustment of a valve without the need for additional energy during non-invasive reprogramming is...
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7706586 |
Real-time structure suppression in ultrasonically scanned volumes
Certain embodiments of the present invention include methods, systems, and computer readable media for real-time structure suppression in ultrasonically scanned volumes. A method includes receiving...
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7702463 |
Systems and methods for enhancing a seismic data image
Systems and methods for enhancing the resolution of a seismic data image displayed on a face of a sampling probe. The enhanced image represents a maximum resolution of at least a portion of the...
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7678048 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method
A medical diagnostic ultrasound system comprises several subsystems, such as a transmit beamformer, a receive beamformer, a B-mode processor, a Doppler processor and a scan converter. These...
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7623410 |
Hard real-time adaptive waveform synthesis and evolution
A method for hard real-time adaptive wave modulation, comprising: populating a case base with waveform pairs, each waveform pair comprising a primary waveform, and a secondary waveform, wherein the...
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7617053 |
Processing of seismic data using the S-transform
The present invention relates to a method and system for processing seismic data. Seismic data indicative of at least a time-dependent seismic trace are transformed into time-frequency domain using...
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7584056 |
Multiple suppression in angle domain time and depth migration
Seismic data may be imaged using or recognizing substantially only primary reflections. Imaging seismic data may include for example integrating a plurality of seismic data points that have...
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7504994 |
Radar device and similar device
There is configured a radar or similar device that outputs received data that is currently being received and scan correlated image data in parallel with each other. Scan correlated image data and...
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7491169 |
Ultrasonic apparatus and method to assess compartment syndrome
A process and apparatus for measuring pressure buildup in a body compartment that encases muscular tissue. The method includes assessing the body compartment configuration and identifying the...
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7477571 |
Method for detecting vibrations in a biological organism using real-time vibration imaging
The present invention provides a method for detecting vibration information by receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected or emitted from a biological organism at a light amplitude modulation...
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7450470 |
High resolution images from reflected wave energy
A process and apparatus for producing signals for controlling a display to produce an image in an imaging system employing a plurality of transducers. First and second beam signals are produced in...
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RE40456 |
Acoustic wave imaging apparatus and method
An acoustic imaging apparatus and method that achieves desired delays with coded signals. Linear, curved linear and sector scanning is provided in 1-D arrays and planar, curved planar and sector...
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7380453 |
Undersea data logging device with automated data transmission
An undersea logging device has a pressure sensor and at least one environmental parameter sensor. The data measured by the sensors is logged and is wirelessly transmitted when a preset value of...
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7259897 |
System, method and apparatus for direct imaging in ultrasonic holography
An acoustical holographic imaging method and apparatus for introducing a reference wave into a hologram surface such that the reference wave does not interfere with an object placed adjacent to or...
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7212466 |
Producing amplitude values for controlling pixel illumination on a sonar display
A method and apparatus for producing an amplitude value for use in controlling illumination of a pixel on a display, in response to a sampled sonar signal produced by an element of a sonar array. A...
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7113447 |
Laser pumped compact acoustic sensor system
An acoustic transducer system for acoustic signals in water has at least one hollow spherically-shaped shell for vibrating in response to acoustic signals impinging from the water. The hollow...
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6847584 |
Method and apparatus for acoustic imaging of objects in water
A method, system and underwater camera for acoustic imaging of objects in water or other liquids includes an acoustic source for generating an acoustic wavefront for reflecting from a target object...
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6829197 |
Acoustical imaging interferometer for detection of buried underwater objects
Techniques for underwater detection of fully or partially buried objects such as sea mines and underwater cables are disclosed. An acoustical camera produces three dimensional volumetric images of...
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6815694 |
Apparatus and method for probing light absorbing agents in biological tissues
A method and apparatus are presented for detecting an effect of interactions of electromagnetic radiation with ultrasound radiation at different locations within a region of interest in a...
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6816160 |
Image data computing apparatus
An image data computing apparatus for computing three-dimensional image data on the basis of detection data obtained by employing a two-dimensional sensor array including a plurality of ultrasonic...
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6721694 |
Method and system for representing the depths of the floors of the oceans
A method for generating a model of a portion of the floor of a body of water from a plurality of depth measurement sources includes determining an overlap of any of the plurality of depth...
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6648824 |
Ultrasound imaging system for performing receiving focusing at points corresponding to display pixels and method thereof
All RF data received by transducers in response to an ultrasonic signal that was transmit-focused on a point along a predetermined scan lines are stored to compute display data for those points of...
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6607491 |
Ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe which is used for ultrasonic diagnosis comprises a transducer element, a sonic speed control element, and an acoustic matching layer. The sonic speed control element has a...
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6552841 |
Ultrasonic imager
An imaging system is disclosed which can provide images of received acoustic energy. In one embodiment, a transducer emits an acoustic beam which is reflected off of an acoustic beam splitter onto...
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6449215 |
Three-dimensional imaging system for sonar system
A three-dimensional imaging system for use with a sonar system. The three-dimensional imaging system processes forward-looking sonar data, side-looking sonar data, bathymetric data, detection and...
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6418084 |
Ultrasonic probe and method of manufacturing the same
An ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric element for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves and an acoustic lens provided on an ultrasonic transmission/reception side of the piezoelectric...
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6405069 |
Time-resolved optoacoustic method and system for noninvasive monitoring of glucose
The present invention is directed to a method/system of monitoring in real time changes in concentration of glucose in tissues. Laser-induced profiles of absorbed optical energy distribution in...
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6310828 |
Method and device for sensing ultrasound images
The invention relates to a method for sensing ultrasound images of an object (1). The method is characterized in that an ultra-sound head (3) is moved along the object so as to sense individual...
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6309352 |
Real time optoacoustic monitoring of changes in tissue properties
The present invention is directed to a method/system of for monitoring tissue properties in real time during treatment using optoacoustic imaging system. Optoacoustic monitoring provides a control...
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6292433 |
Multi-dimensional beamforming device
A multi-dimensional beamforming device that performs consecutive one-dimensional operations. For example, beamsteering for a two-dimensional array can be include a projection of a beam onto each of...
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6288974 |
System and method for enhancing detection of objects through an obscuring medium
A system for detecting an object of interest through a medium such as the atmosphere or ocean employs a reference object from which a reference signal emanates. A detector detects and transforms...
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6226228 |
Ultrasonic harmonic imaging system and method
A method for imaging a target includes the steps of transmitting ultrasonic energy at a fundamental frequency and receiving reflected ultrasonic energy at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency....
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6225902 |
Automatic teller machines
An ATM is provided with a loudspeaker and a microphone. The loudspeaker generates white noise which is picked up by the microphone. The detected signal constitutes an acoustic signature which...
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6138513 |
Method and apparatus for fast acquisition of ultrasound images
New apodization functions providing an effective rejection of side lobe amplitude level within wide range of beam steering angles are described in this invention. A central amplitude apodization...
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