dc.creator | Wang, Lihong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-17T16:57:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-17T16:57:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-05-20 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176730 | |
dc.description.abstract | A microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography system and method is provided to image biological tissue. Short microwave pulses irradiate tissue to generate acoustic waves by thermoelastic expansion. The microwave-induced thermoacoustic waves are detected with an ultrasonic transducer or transducer array. Each time-domain signal from the ultrasonic transducer is converted to a one-dimensional image along the acoustic axis of the ultrasonic transducer. Scanning the system perpendicularly to the acoustic axis of the ultrasonic transducer generates multi-dimensional images in real time without computational image reconstruction. | en |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
dc.title | Methods and apparatus for scanning electromagnetically-induced thermoacoustic tomography | en |
dc.type | Utility patent | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.description.country | US | |
dc.contributor.assignee | The Texas A&M University System | |
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 09/642412 | |
dc.subject.uspcprimary | 600/430 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/407 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/437 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/438 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/449 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/473 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/474 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 600/477 | |
dc.date.filed | 2000-08-21 | |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | A61B 5/0095 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | A61B 5/05 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | A61B 8/0825 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | A61B 8/00 | |