Method and apparatus to quantify specific material properties of objects using real-time ultrasound burst spectrography technique

A non-invasive method to identify the physical characteristics of a portion of a human body, comprising:

• a simultaneously triggering first and second function generators at a first time to thereby transmit a respective first fixed frequency and first chirp that are sent to an ultrasonic transducer which generates an acoustic energy or radiation force to input and excite the portion of the human body, detecting a signal of response frequencies of the portion of the human body and analyzing the detected signal;
• b. simultaneously triggering the first and second function generators at a second time to thereby transmit a respective second fixed frequency and a second chirp that are sent to the ultrasonic transducer which generates an acoustic energy or radiation force to impact and excite the portion of the human body, detecting a signal of response frequencies of the portion of the human body and analyzing the detected signal;
• c. simultaneously triggering first and second function generators at a third time to thereby transmit a respective third fixed frequency and third chirp that are sent to the ultrasonic transducer which generates an acoustic energy or radiation force to impact and excite the portion of the human body, detecting a signal of response frequencies of the portion of the human body and analyzing the detected signal;
• d. applying a trigger that generates a first pulse to trigger the first and second function generators at a first time according to a first point in time relative to a time of origin, wherein the first fixed frequency has a defined time width, and the first chirp is a signal of modulated frequencies created from modulating a fixed frequency equivalent to the first fixed frequency having the defined time width and swept frequencies having a first center frequency with a first bandwidth;
• e. applying a trigger that generates a second pulse to trigger the first and second function generators at a second time according to a second point in time relative to the time of origin, wherein the second fixed frequency has a defined time width, and the second chirp is a signal of modulated frequencies created from modulating a fixed frequency equivalent to the second fixed frequency having the defined time width and swept frequencies having a second center frequency with a second bandwidth;
• f. applying a trigger that generates a third pulse to trigger the first and second function generators at a third time according to a third point in time relative to the time of origin, wherein the third fixed frequency has a defined time width, and the third chirp is a signal of modulated frequencies created from modulating a fixed frequency equivalent to the third fixed frequency having the defined time width and swept frequencies having a third center frequency with a third bandwidth;
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• g. comparing responsive frequencies of the detected signals to predetermined known frequencies to determine information about the physical and structural characteristics of the portion of the human body.

A non-invasive method to identify physical characteristics of a target in a human body, comprising:

• a. setting a time of origin in a time scheme of the non-invasive method;
• b. generating a first fixed frequency and a first chirp at a first point in time of the time scheme, to simultaneously trigger first and second function generators of the first generator, the first function generator generating a first fixed frequency to an ultrasonic transducer having a defined time width, the second function generator transmitting a first chirp of modulating frequencies to an ultrasonic transducer having the defined time width, the ultrasonic transducer generating an oscillating acoustic force to input and excite the portion of the human body using at least one detector to detect a signal of response frequencies from and as the result of the portion of the human body excited by the acoustic force and analyzing the detected signal at an end of the defined time width;
• c. generating a second fixed frequency and a second chirp to simultaneously trigger first and second function generators, the first function generator generating a second fixed frequency, an ultrasonic transducer having a defined time width, the second function generator transmitting a second chirp of modulated frequencies, the ultrasonic transducer having the defined time width, the ultrasonic transducer generating an oscillating acoustic force to input and excite the portion of the human body, using at least one detector to detect the signal of response frequencies from and as the result of the portion of the human body excited by the acoustic energy or radiation force and analyzing the detected signal at an end of the defined time width;
• d. generating a third fixed frequency and a third chirp to simultaneously trigger first and second function generators, the first function generator generating a third fixed frequency, the ultrasonic transducer having a defined time width, the second function generator transmitting a third chirp of modulated frequencies to the ultrasonic transducer having the defined time width, the ultrasonic transducer generating an oscillating acoustic force to input and excite the portion of the human body using at least one detector to detect a signal of response frequencies from and as the result of the portion of the human body excited by the acoustic energy or radiation force and analyzing the detected signal at an end of the defined time width;
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• e. applying the first fixed frequency and first chirp, the second fixed frequency and second chirp, and the third fixed frequency and third chirp to identify the physical characteristics of the target in the human body.

A non-invasive method to identify the physical characteristics of a portion of a human body, comprising:

• a. setting a time of origin in a time scheme of the non-invasive method;
• b. generating a first pulse from the trigger at a first point in time of the time scheme, which first pulse is sent to simultaneously trigger first and second function generators, the first function generator generating a first fixed frequency to an ultrasonic transducer having a defined time width, the second function generator transmitting a first chirp of a modulated frequency to the ultrasonic transducer having the defined time width, the ultrasonic transducer generating an acoustic energy or radiation force to input and excite the portion of the human body using at least one detector to detect a signal of response frequencies from and as a result of the portion of the human body excited by the acoustic energy or radiation force and analyzing the detected signal at an end of the defined time width;
• c. generating a second pulse from the trigger at a second point in time of the time scheme, which second pulse is sent to simultaneously trigger the first and second function generators, the first function generator generating a first fixed frequency having a defined time width to an ultrasonic transducer, the second function generator transmitting a first chirp of a modulated frequency having the defined time width to the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer generating an oscillating acoustic force to input and excite the portion of the human body using at least one detector to detect a signal of response frequencies from and as the result of the portion of the human body excited by the acoustic energy or radiation force and analyzing the detected signal at an end of the defined time width;
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• d. generating a third pulse from the trigger at a third point in time of the time scheme, which third pulse is sent to simultaneously trigger first and second function generators, the first function generator generating a first frequency to an ultrasonic transducer having a defined time width, the second function generator transmitting a first chirp of the modulated frequencies to the ultrasonic transducer having the defined time width, the ultrasonic transducer generating an acoustic energy or radiation force to input and excite the portion of the human body using at least one detector to detect a signal of response frequencies from the portion of the human body excited by the acoustic energy or radiation force and analyzing the detected signal at an end of the defined time width.