Excitation array multiplexing for active non-destructive inspection imaging systems

A transceiver, the transceiver operable to:

• excite, during a first interval, a first set of pixels in an excitation array, wherein:
• the first set of pixels is in the excitation array, and
• no pixel in the first set of pixels is adjacent to another pixel in the first set of pixels,
• excite, during a second interval, a second set of pixels in the excitation array, wherein:
• the second set of pixels is in the excitation array, and
• no pixel in the second set of pixels is adjacent to another pixel in the second set of pixels, and
• retrieve excitation data, wherein:
• the excitation data is comprised of data from the first set of pixels and data from the second set of pixels, and
• the excitation data is capable of being combined to reconstruct an image for rendering on a display.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium being non-transitory and having computer-readable program code portions stored therein that in response to execution by a processor, cause an apparatus to at least:

• instruct a first set of pixels in a excitation array to transmit, during a first time period, first signals, wherein:
• the first set of pixels is in the excitation array, and
• no pixel in the first set of pixels is adjacent to another pixel in the first set of pixels,
• instruct a second set of pixels in the excitation array to transmit, during a second time period, second signals, wherein:
• the second set of pixels is in the excitation array, and
• no pixel in the second set of pixels is adjacent to another pixel in the second set of pixels, and
• receive excitation data, wherein:
• the excitation data is comprised of first data from the first set of pixels and second data from the second set of pixels, wherein the first data that has been received due to a first reflection of the first signal from a target object and the second data that has been received due to a second reflection of the second signal from the target object, and
• the excitation data is capable of being combined to reconstruct an image of the target object.