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Title: Apparatus and method for identification and recognition of an item with ultrasonic patterns from item subsurface micro-features

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OSTI ID:106709

The present invention is a means and method for identification and recognition of an item by ultrasonic imaging of material microfeatures and/or macrofeatures within the bulk volume of a material. The invention is based upon ultrasonic interrogation and imaging of material microfeatures within the body of material by accepting only reflected ultrasonic energy from a preselected plane or volume within the material. An initial interrogation produces an identification reference. Subsequent new scans are statistically compared to the identification reference for making a match/non-match decision. 15 figs.

Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Richland, WA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,454,045/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-228,477
OSTI ID:
106709
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 26 Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English