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US 7,843,383 B2Granted
Imaging through silhouetting
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Weems, Robert C. Taber
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Abstract
Improved microwave imaging using a reflector. By providing a reflective surface in the range of the imaging system, additional information is available for imaging objects. The relative surface provides silhouette information on the object, and increases the effective thickness of the object to aid analysis.
Claims8
An imaging system for imaging a subject in a predetermined scan range comprising:
- a programmable array panel operating under control of a processor, the panel operable to direct a beam of microwave illumination from a source toward a subject within the predetermined scan range, and to further direct microwave energy reflected from a subject within the scan range to a receiver,
- the processor operable to receive a measure of the intensity of the energy reaching the receiver, a reflective surface mounted within the scan range, and the processor operable to produce an image of the subject by controlling the programmable array panel to scan at least the reflective surface.
A method of imaging a subject in a predetermined scan Range, the method comprising:
- illuminating a programmable array panel with microwave energy from a source,
- operating the programmable array panel to direct microwave energy from the source to a target voxel in the scan range,
- capturing microwave energy reflected from the target voxel, and
- operating the programmable array panel to scan at least a reflecting surface in the scan range, producing an image of the subject.
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