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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966860 | Method for configuring an array of transducers in an ultrasonic test apparatus A method for configuring an array of transducers in an ultrasonic test apparatus for detecting flaws in welds connecting the edges of metal bodies such as plates or pipelines. The method includes the steps of: providing geometrical data of the bevelled edges of the ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7762120 | Tapered ultrasonic reference standard The invention relates to tapered reference standards, and methods for their manufacture and use. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for tapered, composite materials may include a member having at least one tapered section. The member may be manufactured fro... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752882 | Porosity reference standard utilizing a mesh The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748252 | Phantom device A phantom device for mimicking anatomical structures, comprising: at least one electronic device layer comprising segmented areas of liquid crystals for forming a graphic layout of an anatomical structure; the segments comprising dyes of various absorbing characteri... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743639 | Method, device, and test specimen for testing a part, and use of the method and device A method and a device are for testing the detectability of at least one flaw in a component, or for evaluating ultrasonic signals of the flaw. The method provides for an electronic specification of the flaw to be generated, which includes a two-dimensional or three-... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7694546 | Porosity reference standard utilizing one or more hollow, non-cylindrical shafts The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which may substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for compos... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7685861 | Method and apparatus for calibrating an ultrasonic sensing system used to detect moving objects A calibration device is described for use in calibrating an ultrasonic pulse echo apparatus for detecting a moving object in a fluid, where the ultrasonic pulse echo apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer and calibration circuitry. A connector has a first end f... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677078 | Line-based calibration of ultrasound transducer integrated with a pose sensor Apparatus for calibrating an ultrasound transducer providing B-scans for two-dimensional (2D) images, includes: an ultrasound probe for providing B-scans; a position sensing device, the position sensing device being attached to the ultrasound probe and operating as ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7617714 | Pseudo porosity reference standard for cored composite laminates The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a cored composite laminate having porosity. An ultrasonic inspection reference s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617715 | Reference standard for ultrasonic measurement of porosity and related method Ultrasonic measurements of porosity in manufactured parts or materials are calibrated using reference standards in which parallel holes are drilled in the backside of a body of material. The holes simulate voids in a part which attenuate incident ultrasonic energy. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7509832 | Porosity reference standard utilizing one or more discrete wires The disclosure relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which may substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for compo... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7434468 | Porosity reference standard for ultrasonic inspection of composite materials A porosity reference standard for ultrasonic inspection of composite materials includes a right prism manufactured from a solid isotropic material and a porosity created within the right prism. The porosity reference standard may be a glass block that encloses a plu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424818 | Ultrasonic inspection reference standard for porous composite materials An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials having porosity may include a member, having at least one thickness and defined by a plurality of holes, that is manufactured from a fiber-free polymer resin. The ultrasonic inspection reference sta... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415865 | Determining the extent of a lateral shadow zone in an ultrasound inspection method A method of determining the extent of a lateral shadow zone corresponding to an edge of a part in a method of inspecting the part in immersion by means of an ultrasound beam, the method consisting in determining the extent of the shadow zone from the edge of the par... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7357014 | Porosity reference standard utilizing one or more discrete wires The invention relates to pseudo porosity standards, and methods for their manufacture and use, which may substantially mimic the effect porosity has on ultrasonic sound as it passes through a composite laminate. An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for compos... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337651 | Method for performing model based scanplan generation of a component under inspection A method for generating a scanplan for inspection of a component is provided. The method includes loading a geometric model of the component and generating the scanplan of the component based on the geometric model and at least one scanning parameter. A method of in... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330609 | MTF measuring method and system A method of measuring a modulation transfer function (MTF) includes detecting the center of a line spread function (LSF) image in order to calculate an MTF. For this purpose, an enlarged image of a portion of an image containing the LSF image is created, and binary-... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320241 | Ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for a composite material includes a block comprising the composite material. The block further comprises a first plurality of parallel rectangular-shaped channels within the block and a second plurality of parallel rectang... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7268671 | Shaped modulation audible alarm A method and apparatus for providing an audible alarm signal. The method and apparatus includes creating a rectangular pulse signal having a desired period and a desired first amplitude, adding a shaped modulation component to the rectangular pulse signal from the d... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263886 | Apparatus for and methods of stress testing metal components A tuning device (23) and an apparatus that incorporates the tuning device (23) for use in testing the integrity of a railway line (30) to obtain an improved test signal, the tuning device (23) including an elongate member (23) adap... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255565 | Anthropomorphic phantoms and method An anthropomorphic phantom used as a training tool by healthcare workers for learning ultrasonic imaging procedures. The phantom is made of a moldable, elastomeric tissue-simulating chemical composition that may be easily processed to create an anthropomorphic phant... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7222514 | Laminate material testing methods and systems Techniques for ultrasonically evaluating damage to a laminate structure include use of a diagnostic device having at least two modes of operation including a calibration mode and a test mode with the calibration mode providing calibration parameters specific to the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222525 | Skin and tissue simulant for munitions testing A skin and tissue simulant including a gelatin composite block and an ether based cast polyurethane sheet. The gelatin composite block acting as the tissue simulant. The sheet acting as the skin simulant, the sheet disposed over a portion of the gelatin composite bl... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216544 | Ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite Materials An ultrasonic inspection reference standard for composite materials includes a prism that is manufactured from a polymer resin. The ultrasonic inspection reference standard may be a rectangular prism and may be a polymer resin step-wedge reference standard that has ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202091 | Optically similar reference samples Systems and methods for establishing and/or maintaining the accuracy of a multivariate calibration model designed for quantitative optical spectroscopic measurement of attributes or analytes in bodily tissues, bodily fluids or other biological samples, which are par... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168322 | Method for ultrasonic control of weld joints The invention concerns a method for non-destructive ultrasonic control, combining time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD) and inclined longitudinal wave techniques, of weld joints assembling two abutted parts. The method consists of using the time-of-flight diffraction te... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157696 | Test object for calibration of imaging measurements of mammalian skeletal joints The invention provides a test device or “phantom” for use in conjunction with medical imaging modalities. In one embodiment, the phantom replicates the attenuation and absorption properties of joint articular cartilage. The phantom is useful for quality assuranc... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158691 | Image evaluating method and apparatus An input of an evaluation object image signal representing an evaluation object image with respect to a pattern composed of a plurality of evaluating regions, in each of which at least one signal area is located at a predetermined position, is accepted. The evaluati... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7114373 | Fluid monitoring An apparatus for measuring the viscosity and temperature of a fluid, for example an engine oil, comprises a transducer, which is arranged to vibrate when provided with a drive signal to produce an ultrasonic shear wave; an impedance matching layer that is inserted i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7085400 | System and method for image based sensor calibration Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the calibration of a tracked imaging probe for use in image-guided surgical systems. The invention uses actual image data collected from an easily constructed calibration jig to provide data for the calibration algorithm. The ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076992 | Method and apparatus for calibrating position and thickness in acoustic hull testing A system is provided for calibrating an acoustic hull integrity sensing system by providing a coupon attached to the interior surface of the hull, in which the coupon has a stepped calibration block, with one of the steps approximating the thickness of the hull to b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059168 | Ultrasound phantom A base member formed of rubber or the like, which transmits ultrasound waves, includes a storage portion with a small width connected with a storage portion with a great width, wherein internal organ models, formed of animal internal organs or the like, such as an e... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6993967 | Fluid level sensor An ultrasonic fluid level sensor for use in a fluid container, preferably a vehicle fuel tank. The fluid level sensor generally includes a single transceiver having measurement and reference sections, an impedance layer and a housing having a reference element and a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992280 | Test object for calibration of imaging measurements of mammalian skeletal joints The invention provides a test device or “phantom” for use in conjunction with medical imaging modalities. The phantom mimics the properties of joint particular cartilage. The phantom is useful for quality assurance of images of joints obtained using an array of ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978677 | Apparatus for measuring ultrasonic power An ultrasonic power meter is provided for measuring ultrasonic power emitted by a device (18) under test. The meter includes a casing forming a chamber (16) within which an ultrasonic absorber (14) formed from polyurethane material is located. O... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974524 | Apparatus, method and system for monitoring chamber parameters associated with a deposition process Apparatus and methods for measuring characteristics of a metallic target as well as other interior surfaces of a sputtering chamber. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to emit an energy beam toward a surface of interest and to detect an energy beam therefrom... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968727 | Calibration method and device for long range guided wave inspection of piping The present invention is for a simple, reliable and inexpensive method to calibrate a defect signal to determine the size of a defect in a pipe. A first reflected signal is received from the test area of the pipe. After attaching a clamp, a second reflected signal i... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959106 | Method and apparatus for detecting low contrast object in a diagnostic image The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of objectively testing the low contrast performance of an imaging system. Images of a uniform phantom and images of a low contrast detectability phantom are reconstructed. Thereafter, a group of pixels from... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6938457 | Phased array ultrasonic reference block The calibration device includes a guide surface and an angle gauge supported relative to the guide surface on a first side of the guide surface. The angle gauge is adjustable to measure a skew angle of the ultrasonic transducer on the guide surface. The angle gauge ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6883362 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method of checking its performance An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of quantitatively checking its performance. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transmission unit; an ultrasonic reception unit; a signal processing unit for processing detection signals output from ... | 04/26/2005 |
