Biometrical object reader having an ultrasonic wave manipulation device
US8139827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/044
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices and methods of creating an image of a biological object are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention there is a plane wave ultrasonic pulse generator, an ultrasonic wave manipulation device, an ultrasonic detector and an image generator. In a method according to the invention, a biological object is imaged by emitting an unfocussed ultrasonic energy wave front, reflecting at least a portion of the ultrasonic energy wave front from the object, altering a direction of the ultrasonic energy, detecting that energy, and using the detected energy to create an image of the object.
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