Method and apparatus for detecting, identifying and performing operations on microstructures including, anthrax spores, brain cells, cancer cells, living tissue cells, and macro-objects including stereotactic neurosurgery instruments, weapons and explosives

• US 20030139662A1
• Filed: 10/16/2002
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abraham Neil Seidman
• Original Assignee: Abraham Neil Seidman
• Inventors: Seidman, Abraham Neil
• Application Number:
  US10/272,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20030139662A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/407
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/05 Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves impedance plethysmography A61B5/0295; measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof A61B5/11; detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof A61B5/24
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0507 using microwaves or terahertz waves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4064 Evaluating the brain A61B5/031, A61B5/369, A61B5/14553 take precedence

Abstract

This invention utilizes a relatively longer, more penetrating wavelength (compared to the size of the object viewed), but allows more detailed structure to be resolved, by synthetic aperture phased array radar-like detection, which utilizes narrow resonant slits and resonant apertures facing into resonant wave guides and resonant cavities to enhance energy transfer from the electromagnetic radiation source, to form a relatively sharp spatial beam. This beam can be scanned over the sub-scale parts of the object to be viewed. Embodiments of this invention include detector for anthrax) spores in mail envelopes and packages; viewer for brain structure and electrical activity; real-time viewer for stereotactic neurosurgery; detector and destructor of cancer cells and/or cells containing viruses; detector of weapons and explosives.

Claims

1. An penetrating electromagnetic detector, for examining a target in detail, comprising:

(a) electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength chosen for ease of penetration into volume to be viewed;

(b) a beam forming device for the electromagnetic radiation;

(c) detectors of electromagnetic radiation, scattered by target;

(d) analysis modules to reconstruct image of target from scattered electromagnetic radiation, whereby said target is scanned and viewed in detail.

2. The detector of claim 1, further comprising a transmitter phased array, with ability to scan over target.

3. The detector of claim 1, further comprising system means to examine anthrax in mail envelopes and packages.

4. The detector of claim 1, further comprising system means to examine brain cells in vivo.

5. The detector of claim 1, further comprising system means to examine stereotactic instruments during neurosurgery as well as the brain cells in proximity to the stereotactic instruments.

6. The detector of claim 1 further comprising system means to detect and eliminate cancer cells and cells containing viruses.

7. The detector of claim 1 further comprising system means to detect weapons and explosives.

8. The detector of claim 1 further comprising system means to see through walls.

9. 10. The detector of claim 1 further comprising system means to detect utilize ultrasonic means to provide enhanced detection and analysis of some targets.

10. The detector of claim 1 further comprising system means to detect distant planets not in our Sun'"'"'s Solar System.

11. An intermediate detection method, comprising the steps of:

a. utilizing a microwave signal from a microwave source;

b. sending part of microwave signal through brain;

c. recording signal which has passed through brain along with reference signal which comes directly from microwave source;

d. recording said signals on a photo-active crystal.

12. The intermediate detection method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

a. shining a coherent light source on the photo-active crystal at some glint angle less than the Brewster angle;

b. reading out the foreshortened holographic pattern by visible light.

13. A method for comparing the brain states at two times close in time, comprising:

a. delaying signal which represents the brain state occurring first in time

b. comparing the two brain states by subtracting one state from the delayed state of the other.