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Sound-wave imaging method and apparatus

US7679988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
Universite Paris 7—Denis Diderot 2 · FR

Inventors

Mathias Fink · Meudon, FR
Gabriel Montaldo · Paris, FR
Mickael Tanter · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2004
Grant date	Mar 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/0422
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An ultrasound imaging method including an emission step during which an array of transducers is caused to emit at an ultrasound wave focused in a target medium by causing the excitation wave to pass through a reverberant solid object prior to reaching the target medium.

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