# US 2023/0408635 A1 · Electromagnetic wave medical imaging system, device and methods

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- Number: US 2023/0408635 A1
- Document ID: US20230408635A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/241,957
- Filed: 2023-09-04
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2018-07-16
- Assignees: Or-Ment LLC
- Applicants: Or-Ment LLC
- Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230408635A1

## CPC

- G01S 7/026: {involving the transmission of elliptically or circularly polarised waves}
- A61B 5/0507: using microwaves or terahertz waves
- A61B 5/0522: Magnetic induction tomography
- G01S 7/03: Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
- G01S 13/88: Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications (electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00)
- G01S 13/89: for mapping or imaging
- H01Q 21/0006: {Particular feeding systems}
- H01Q 21/065: {Patch antenna array}
- H01Q 21/24: Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction {(circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001)}
- H01Q 21/20: the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path {(slotted waveguide arrays H01Q21/005; circularly or helically slotted waveguides H01Q21/0062)}
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)

## Abstract

An electromagnetic wave medical imaging system, the system including: at least one antenna; transmission electronics; receiving electronics; and receiving computing electronics, where the transmission electronics are structured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave having an Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru the antenna towards a target, where the Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front includes a vortex region, where the transmission electronics are structured to transmit a second electromagnetic wave having a non Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru a first portion of the antenna towards the target, where the receiving electronics are structured to form a first signal from a first return wave of the first electromagnetic wave, where the receiving electronics are structured to form a second signal from a second return wave of the second electromagnetic wave, and where the receiving computing electronics includes a computing process to estimate the return wave associated with the vortex region.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electromagnetic wave medical imaging system, the system comprising:
at least one antenna;
transmission electronics;
receiving electronics; and
receiving computing electronics,
wherein said transmission electronics are structured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave having an Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru said antenna towards a target,
wherein said Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front comprises a vortex region,
wherein said transmission electronics are structured to transmit a second electromagnetic wave having a non Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front thru a first portion of said antenna towards said target,
wherein said receiving electronics are structured to form a first signal from a first return wave of said first electromagnetic wave,
wherein said receiving electronics are structured to form a second signal from a second return wave of said second electromagnetic wave, and
wherein said receiving computing electronics comprises a computing process to estimate the return wave associated with said vortex region.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1,
wherein said antenna is a circular array type comprising at least four array elements.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1,
wherein said first electromagnetic wave has a first oscillating frequency and said second electromagnetic wave has a second oscillating frequency.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1,
wherein said first electromagnetic wave is transmitted at a first time interval, and said second electromagnetic wave is transmitted at a second time interval.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1,
wherein said system is designed to operate at a near field electromagnetic wave.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, further comprising:
scanning electronics to support performing scanning of said target.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1,
wherein said receiving computing electronics are structured to compute target information by using at least one difference between said first signal and said second signal.

### Claim 8

An electromagnetic wave medical imaging system, the system comprising:
at least one antenna;
transmission electronics;
receiving electronics; and
receiving computing electronics,
wherein said transmission electronics are structured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave having a non Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front using said antenna towards a target,
wherein said transmission electronics are structured to transmit a second electromagnetic wave having an Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front using said antenna towards said target,
wherein said receiving electronics are structured to form a first signal from said first electromagnetic wave,
wherein said receiving electronics are structured to form a second signal from said second electromagnetic wave, and
wherein said receiving computing electronics are structured to compute target information by using neural networks.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8,
wherein said antenna is a circular array type comprising at least four array elements.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8,
wherein said first electromagnetic wave has a first oscillating frequency and said second electromagnetic wave has a second oscillating frequency.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8,
wherein said first electromagnetic wave is transmitted at a first time interval, and said second electromagnetic wave is transmitted at a second time interval.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8,
wherein said Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front comprises a vortex region, and
wherein said receiving computing electronics comprises a computing process to estimate the return wave associated with said vortex region.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8, further comprising:
scanning support electronics to support performing scanning of said target.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8,
wherein said receiving electronics are configured to receive return signals for said antenna to said target distances of less than 5 meters.

### Claim 15

A method for operating a super resolution system, the method comprising:
providing a super resolution system comprising at least one antenna, transmission electronics, receiving electronics, and receiving computing electronics;
forming a first electromagnetic wave comprising an Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front,
wherein said transmission electronics are used to form said first electromagnetic wave;
transmitting said first electromagnetic wave using said at least one antenna;
forming a second electromagnetic wave comprising a non Orbital Angular Momentum wave-front,
wherein said transmission electronics are used to form said second electromagnetic wave;
transmitting said second electromagnetic wave using at least a first portion of said at least one antenna;
receiving a first wave resulting from said first electromagnetic wave;
processing said first wave to form a first signal;
receiving a second wave resulting from said second electromagnetic wave;
processing said second wave to form a second signal; and
wherein said receiving computing electronics comprises a computing process to estimate the return wave associated with said vortex region.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method according to claim 15,
wherein said antenna is a circular array type comprising at least four array elements.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The method according to claim 15,
wherein said first electromagnetic wave comprises a first oscillating frequency and said second electromagnetic wave comprises a second oscillating frequency.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The method according to claim 15,
wherein said first electromagnetic wave is transmitted at a first time interval and said second electromagnetic wave is transmitted at a second time interval.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The method according to claim 15,
wherein said transmission electronics are structured to transmit a third electromagnetic wave thru a second portion of said antenna.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The method according to claim 15, further comprising:
performing a scan comprising space scanning electronics.
