Method and apparatus for acoustic and optical scanning of an object
US4011748A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N29/06
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microscope for scanning an object with light and acoustic waves and producing both acoustic and optical images thereof. The microscope includes optical and acoustic lenses that focus both the light and acoustic waves on substantially the same point on the object. In one portion of the microscope the acoustic waves and light propagate coextensively through the same medium. The apparatus generates a simultaneous presentation of both acoustic and optical images formed by the microscope.
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