Apparatus and method for imaging objects with wavefields
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1. A reflection tomography device, comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting an incident wave field into an object, the incident wave field propagating into the object and, at least, partially reflecting;
a receiver, having an array of elements, receiving a reflected wave field reflected from the object, the reflected wave field being defined, in part, by the incident wave field and the object;
a beamformer forming RF beam signals from the reflected wave field based on beamformer delays; and
a processor module acquiring images based on the RF beam signals, the processor module adjusting the beamformer delay to perform brightness phase aberration correction utilizing a gradient algorithm to analyze the image.
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Abstract
A transmission wave field imaging method, comprising the transmission of an incident wave field into an object, the incident wave field propagating into the object and, at least, partially scattering. Also includes the measuring of a wave field transmitted, at least in part, through an object to obtain a measured wave field, the measured wave field based, in part, on the incident wave field and the object. Additionally, the processing of the measured wave field utilizing a parabolic approximation reconstruction algorithm to generate an image data set representing at least one image of the object.
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38 Claims
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1. A reflection tomography device, comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting an incident wave field into an object, the incident wave field propagating into the object and, at least, partially reflecting;
a receiver, having an array of elements, receiving a reflected wave field reflected from the object, the reflected wave field being defined, in part, by the incident wave field and the object;
a beamformer forming RF beam signals from the reflected wave field based on beamformer delays; and
a processor module acquiring images based on the RF beam signals, the processor module adjusting the beamformer delay to perform brightness phase aberration correction utilizing a gradient algorithm to analyze the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for performing reflection tomography, comprising:
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transmitting an incident wave field into an object, the incident wave field propagating into the object and, at least, partially reflecting;
receiving a reflected wave field reflected from the object, the reflected wave field being defined, in part, by the incident wave field and the object;
generating RF beam signals from the reflected wave field based on beamformer delays;
processing the RF beam signals to form images;
utilizing a gradient algorithm to analyze the images; and
adjusting the beamformer delay to perform brightness phase aberration correction based on a result of the gradient algorithm analysis. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of calibrating a transmission wave field imaging device, the method comprising:
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transmitting an incident wave field into an object, the incident wave field propagating into a phantom and, at least, partially scattering;
measuring a wave field transmitted, at least in part, through the phantom to obtain a measured wave field, the measured wave field being based, in part, on the incident wave field and the phantom, wherein the transmitting and receiving are dependent on at least one transmitter characteristic and receiver characteristic; and
processing the measured wave field to obtain at least one calibration value that quantifies the transmitter and receiver characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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