Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1998-03-28
2000-12-12
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
A61B 800
Patent
active
061591491
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic camera having a high efficiency ultrasonic lens is coupled to a ultrasonic transmitter/receiver by a stretched membrane interface. The ultrasonic lens provides highly efficient transmission of ultrasound without introducing aberrations. The ultrasound system also uses a quasi incoherent source to reduce speckle noise in the image.
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Butler Neal R.
Erikson Kenneth R.
Nicoli Anthony M.
Owen, Jr. R. Calvin
White Timothy E.
Lateef Marvin M.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Patel Maulin
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