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Title: Systems and methods for increasing efficiency of ultrasound waveform tomography

Abstract

Ultrasound tomography imaging methods for imaging a tissue medium with one or more ultrasound transducer arrays comprising a plurality of transducers, wherein said transducers comprise source transducers, receiving transducers. The methods include assigning a phase value or time delay to source transducers, exciting the transducers and calculating a search direction based on data relating to the excited transducers.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1464778
Patent Number(s):
10034656
Application Number:
14/339,770
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Huang, Lianjie, and Zhang, Zhigang. Systems and methods for increasing efficiency of ultrasound waveform tomography. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Huang, Lianjie, & Zhang, Zhigang. Systems and methods for increasing efficiency of ultrasound waveform tomography. United States.
Huang, Lianjie, and Zhang, Zhigang. Tue . "Systems and methods for increasing efficiency of ultrasound waveform tomography". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464778.
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