Direct magnetic imaging apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An imager, said imager comprising:
- a field source capable of generating an electromagnetic field directed to an area in an object or target;
a field detector arranged downstream from said field source, said field detector being capable of detecting a field signature associated with said area in said object or target; and
a metamaterial lens structure arranged downstream from said field source, said metamaterial lens structure concentrating said electromagnetic field produced by said field source to said area in said object or target, or concentrating said field signature from said area in said object or target to said field detector.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses of the present invention perform imaging using a metamaterial lens structure. The apparatus according to one embodiment comprises: a field source capable of generating an electromagnetic field directed to an area in an object or target; a field detector arranged downstream from the field source, the field detector being capable of detecting a field signature associated with the area in the object or target; and a metamaterial lens structure arranged downstream from the field source, the metamaterial lens structure concentrating the electromagnetic field produced by the field source to the area in the object or target, or concentrating the field signature from the area in the object or target to the field detector.
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38 Claims
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1. An imager, said imager comprising:
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a field source capable of generating an electromagnetic field directed to an area in an object or target; a field detector arranged downstream from said field source, said field detector being capable of detecting a field signature associated with said area in said object or target; and a metamaterial lens structure arranged downstream from said field source, said metamaterial lens structure concentrating said electromagnetic field produced by said field source to said area in said object or target, or concentrating said field signature from said area in said object or target to said field detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An imaging method, said method comprising:
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generating an electromagnetic field directed to an area in an object or target; detecting a field signature associated with said area in said object or target; and concentrating, using a metamaterial lens structure, said electromagnetic field to said area in said object or target, and/or concentrating said field signature from said area in said object or target before said detecting step. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A metamaterial lens, said lens comprising:
multiple unit cells, each unit cell including at least one ring with lumped capacitors and/or inductors. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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