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7428842 Phased array ultrasonic testing system and methods of examination and modeling employing the same  
A phased array ultrasonic testing system is for examining turbine disc bores and blade attachments for discontinuities, such as stress corrosion cracking. The system is particularly suited to...
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...
7401518 Method for inspection of metal tubular goods  
A method for inspection of tubular goods includes using ultrasonic detection means to obtain wall thickness measurement of discrete sections of a tubular good and recording each measurement in...
7380456 3-dimensional ultrasonographic device  
This three-dimensional ultrasonographic device is a three-dimensional ultrasonographic device having a matrix sensor 9 composed of a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators which are formed...
7370534 Multiangle ultrasound imager  
Systems and methods to obtain an ultrasonic image of a large detection area are disclosed. A system includes a source of ultrasound generating ultrasonic energy and projecting the ultrasonic energy...
7334478 Device for guiding the movement of a transducer of an ultrasonic probe  
The present invention relates to a device for guiding the movement of a transducer of an ultrasonic probe in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for acquiring a 3-dimensional ultrasound image. A...
7291108 Ultrasonic transmission/reception apparatus for generating an image based on ultrasonic echoes and vibro-acoustic sounds  
An ultrasonic transmission/reception apparatus which can image both a minute tissue around a bone part in an object and a minute tissue inside the bone, at a high resolution. The apparatus includes...
7275439 Parametric ultrasound imaging using angular compounding  
Parametric ultrasonic measurements which characterize the structure of tissue, using information from an ultrasonic signal beyond amplitude information, are obtained by combining multiple...
7272529 Dual wall turbine blade ultrasonic wall thickness measurement technique  
A method and apparatus is provided to analyze a dual wall structure having at least one hollow core therein and having the same unknown material sound velocities in walls and in post as well. A...
7263887 Method for inspection of metal tubular goods  
A method for inspection of tubular goods includes using ultrasonic detection means to obtain wall thickness measurement of discrete sections of a tubular good and recording each measurement in...
7249513 Ultrasound probe  
An improved ultrasound probe includes a support member, a signal cable having a plurality of electrically conductive members and an ultrasound transducer array. Distal end portions of each of the...
7194908 Device and method for ultrasonic inspection using profilometry data  
An ultrasonic testing assembly structured to examine a test object, wherein the test object has a surface, and the examination examines the structure of the test object under the surface as well as...
7181356 Device and method for analyzing the structure of a material  
The invention relates to a device that is used to analyse the structure of a material. The inventive device comprises: probe elements ( 5 ) which are used to (i) emit a wave, in the material, with...
7010982 Method of ultrasonically inspecting airfoils  
A method is disclosed for nondestructively examining airfoils for defects without removing them from the turbine machines of which they are a part. The method uses phased array ultrasound...
6993972 Real-time system for detecting foreign bodies in food containers using ultrasound  
An ultrasound system determines the presence of a foreign object in a container of fluid by measuring echo signals from the outer surface of the container and the inner surface of the container....
6978690 Apparatus for the internal inspection of pipes and tubes and the like  
An apparatus for the internal inspection of pipes and tubes or the like, comprising an ultrasonic measuring head and a cable coupled to the measuring head, which cable can be coupled outside the...
6957583 Ultrasonic array sensor, ultrasonic inspection instrument and ultrasonic inspection method  
An ultrasonic inspection instrument for detecting a crack and performing sizing in the depth direction of the crack. By a transmitter element array and a receiver element array included in a common...
6926671 Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method  
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method combines dynamically focused reception and coded transmission/reception technologies by inexpensive circuitry. A receive aperture is divided into smaller...
6848313 Method and device for inspecting pipelines  
The invention concerns a method and a device for inspecting pipelines, in particular for detecting defects in pipelines by means of ultrasound. Towards this end, measuring sensors transmit...
6792808 Ultrasonic inspection method  
An ultrasonic inspection method includes exciting a first set of transducers in an array to introduce ultrasonic energy into a component, generating a number of echo signals using a second set of...
6789427 Phased array ultrasonic inspection method for industrial applications  
A method for inspecting a component includes exciting a number of transducers forming an array to produce an ultrasonic transmission beam (beam) focused into the component. The array and the...
6788334 Device and method for inspecting hollow spaces  
The invention relates to a device for inspecting hollow spaces such as pipes, conduits, structures or containers. The device consists of the following: a probe with a built-in camera ( 5.0 ) whose...
6786097 Ultrasound imaging system and method using weighted chirp signals  
An ultrasound imaging system and method for making a harmonic image of a good SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) by effectively removing fundamental frequency components through a pulse-compressing using...
6782752 Real-time system for detecting foreign bodies in food containers using ultrasound  
An ultrasound system determines the presence of a foreign object in a container of fluid by measuring echo signals from the outer surface of the container and the inner surface of the container....
6728515 Tuned wave phased array  
A tuned wave phased array includes a plurality of spaced transmitter elements, a signal generator that produces an activation signal for activating the transmitter elements to transmit a guided...
6725721 Ultrasonic multi-element transducers and methods for testing  
Ultrasonic multi-element transducers and methods for achieving higher throughput rates in non-destructive testing are provided. By driving the transducer elements sequentially and/or in different...
6709395 System and method for electronically altering ultrasound scan line origin for a three-dimensional ultrasound system  
A system and method for individually varying the orientation of scan lines in at least two dimensions in an ultrasound scan are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for...
6684705 Roller mechanism using an array of ultrasound elements to interrogate wood properties  
The present invention provides a method, system, and an apparatus for detecting anomalies in a wooden member. The apparatus includes a first roller device comprising a first array of transducers,...
6658939 Fixture for automated ultrasonic scanning of radii in aerospace structure  
An ultrasonic scanner for inspection of radiused regions having scanner supports which include pivoted fingers containing the transducers and hands supporting the fingers attached to vertical arms...
6629929 Method and apparatus for automatically setting the transmit aperture and apodization of an ultrasound transducer array  
A process for setting a focus in a ultrasonic imaging system includes receiving a point of interest and range of interest by a user input. A system controller of the system sets a focus zone on the...
6571635 Method and arrangement for inspection of buoyant objects  
The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the thickness and topography of buoyant objects, especially ship's hulls ( 1 ), by means of a beam ( 2, 17 ) carrying an array of...
6561034 Ultrasonic sparse imaging array  
An ultrasonic sparse imaging array includes a substrate of an acoustically absorptive material, through which extend a multiplicity of holes. Adhesive sheets, having selectively conductive regions,...
6549600 Method and device for inspecting a fuel element in a nuclear reactor  
A method for inspecting an irradiated fuel element in a nuclear power plant includes the step of measuring, with a measuring device, a spacer of a fuel element for providing measurements of the...
6547733 Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method using Golay codes with orthogonal property  
Ultrasound images are obtained using a set of Golay codes with orthogonal property as ultrasound receiving and transmitting signals. Ultrasound signals having a plurality of codes are transmitted...
6546803 Ultrasonic array transducer  
The present invention provides an ultrasonic probe and method for making the same is provided which has an advantageous construction and method of assembly. The ultrasonic probe has a segmented...
6543287 Method for acoustic imaging by angle beam  
A method for acoustic imaging by angle beam, which includes generating a sound wave, coupling the wave at an angle to a first surface of a test piece via a physically continuous path. The test...
6526114 Remote automated nuclear reactor jet pump diffuser inspection tool  
An inspection apparatus for inspecting welds in a nuclear reactor jet pump includes a probe subassembly rotatably and linearly movably coupled to a frame structure configured to attach to a top...
6516667 Ultrasonic harmonic signal acquisition  
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system receives echo signals from a transducer for digital processing and image formation. An analog to digital converter converts the analog echo signals to...
6487518 Thickness reducing management system for pipes in pipe lines  
In a thickness reducing management for pipes in pipe lines, limited proper parameters which cause erosion and corrosion of the pipes are selected and with these parameters a pipe thickness reducing...
6484584 Method for the concurrent ultrasonic inspection of partially completed welds  
A method for the concurrent ultrasonic inspection of partially completed welds is disclosed and which includes providing a pair of transducers which are individually positioned on the opposite...
6474165 Monitoring pipes  
An apparatus as disclosed for mounting a liquid-filled pipe by the use of ultrasound techniques. The apparatus comprises a vehicle capable of fitting inside the pipe, and of being transported along...
6450960 Real-time three-dimensional acoustoelectronic imaging and characterization of objects  
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...
6447452 System and method for reduction of parallel beamforming artifacts  
A system and method for reducing parallel beamforming artifacts. An interpolation of amplitude data is performed to correct for the blocky appearance of images formed with parallel receive beams....
6443897 Refraction delay error correction using agile beamformer  
A method and an apparatus for correcting refraction delay errors on curved probes for all ranges using cordic rotation. The angle φ from the normal of an element to the focus is determined as a...
6282963 Numerical optimization of ultrasound beam path  
In dual line ultrasound beamforming, an ideal transmit beam should have two peak locations, each following one of the receive beams. Dual beam steering by apodization creates such transmit beam;...
6279398 Method for realizing transmit focusing by synthesizing pulse patterned plane waves having same imaging point  
A method for realizing a transmit focusing in an ultrasonic imaging system is provided, which is a method for realizing a transmit focusing with respect to all imaging points by synthesizing pulse...
6216025 Thermoacoustic computed tomography scanner  
Methods and apparatus for measuring and characterizing the localized electromagnetic wave absorption properties of biologic tissues in vivo, using incident electromagnetic waves to produce...
6202034 Ultrasonic ranging system and method for improving accuracy thereof  
An ultrasonic ranging system and method for detecting the presence of and distance to a target using ultrasonic sound waves generated by an ultrasonic transducer with reduced audible noise....
6116090 Multieyed acoustical microscopic lens system  
The present invention provides an acoustical microscope which has a plurality of acoustical transducers, each generating an independent beam of acoustic energy. Each acoustical transducer is...
6089096 Elevation focusing by beamformer channel sharing  
An ultrasound imaging system provides for depth-variable elevational and azimuthal focusing by combining electronic beamforming and fixed mechanical lens (or element shaping). The imaging system...
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