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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110293171 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION CONTINUOUS SCAN IMAGING A continuous scanning method employs one or more moveable sensors and one or more reference sensors deployed in the environment around a test subject. Each sensor is configured to sense an attribute of the test subject (e.g., sound energy, infrared energy, etc.) while c... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110120222 | ACOUSTIC HOLOGRAPHY A method of performing near- field acoustic holography comprises the following steps. Establishing (102) acoustic data representing a set of near-field acoustic holography measurements at a first set of positions. Extrapolating (204) acoustic data using a ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110036170 | Scanning Near Field Thermoelastic Acoustic Holography (SNFTAH) A system and method for analyzing a sample is described. The system may include, for example, a light source and a scanning probe microscope probe. The light source may generate a coherent laser beam that is modulated by a waveform of a lower frequency. The modulated la... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036169 | Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography A high spatial resolution phase-sensitive technique employs a scanning near field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) methodology for imaging elastic as well as viscoelastic variations across a sample surface. SNFUH uses a near-field approach to measure time-resolved variatio... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100319455 | DAMAGE VOLUME AND DEPTH ESTIMATION In one embodiment, a system to characterize an anomaly in a laminate structure comprises a plurality of actuators to generate a wave signal into a structure being evaluated, a plurality of sensors to collect scattered wave data caused by energy of the wave signal being ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20090301200 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE An ultrasonic transducer (100) includes a substrate (1) having a first electrode therein or on a surface thereof and a diaphragm (5) having a second electrode therein or on a surface thereof, with a cavity (4) therebetween. Further, at least ... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090301199 | ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE The receive sensitivity of an ultrasound array transducer structured with a diaphragm electro-acoustic transducer (101) being a basic unit is affected by change in a charge amount with elapsed time due to leakage or the like, which causes drift of the primary bea... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090114024 | SCANNING NEAR FIELD ULTRASOUND HOLOGRAPHY A high spatial resolution phase-sensitive technique employs a scanning near field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) methodology for imaging elastic as well as viscoelastic variations across a sample surface. SNFUH uses a near-field approach to measure time-resolved variatio... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20060288786 | Ultrasonically coupled scanning probe microscope Scanning probe microscopes include a probe tip coupled to a tuning fork or other acoustic resonator so as to apply a shear force when contacted to a specimen surface based on an applied acoustic signal. A secondary ultrasonic transducer is in acoustic communication with... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060123912 | 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 independently and arranged in a matrix, and it generates 3D imaging data bas... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060042389 | Ultrasonic diagnosing device An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can execute the positioning of a probe and an inspection sample easily and accurately at an excellent reproducibility is disclosed. This is the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that includes; a probe for transmitting an ultrasonic ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060037401 | Scanning near field ultrasound holography A high spatial resolution phase-sensitive technique employs a scanning near field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) methodology for imaging elastic as well as viscoelastic variations across a sample surface. SNFUH uses a near-field approach to measure time-resolved variatio... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050252295 | Imaging method and device employing sherar waves An imaging method for observing the propagation of a shear wave simultaneously at a multitude of points in a diffusing viscoelastic medium. The shear wave is caused to be generated by firing at least one focused ultrasound compression wave into the viscoelastic medium b... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050229707 | Acoustic micro imaging method and apparatus for capturing 4D acoustic reflection virtual samples For use in acoustic micro imaging, a method (and implementing apparatus) is disclosed for creating a 4D virtual sample data memory. The method comprises employing a pulsed ultrasonic microscope probe to interrogate a sample at three-dimensionally varied locations in the... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050087016 | Inspection method and apparatus for determining incipient mechanical failure A method for determining incipient mechanical failure of an object includes insonifying the object with ultrasonic energy at a selected fundamental frequency. Amplitude data is acquired from the insonified object at the fundamental frequency and at a second harmonic of ... | 04/28/2005 |
