Thermoacoustic tomographic method and thermoacoustic tomograph
CA 2572296 C · Owner: Scherzer, Otmar · Inventors: Burgholzer, Peter; Haltmeier, Markus; Scherzer, Otmar
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The invention relates to a thermoacoustic tomographic method and a thermoacoustic tomograph (1), for imaging an object (2) with at least one source (3), for the thermal stimulation of the object (2) and at least one detector (5), for recording the acoustic waves (4) from the object (2) caused by the stimulation, comprising an arrangement (7) for displacing the object , (2) and/or the at least one detector (5) relative to each other and an arrangement (8), for the reconstruction of the object (2) from the recorded acoustic waves (4), depending on the actual position of the object (2). According to the invention, such a method or arrangement for reconstruction of the object (2) with …
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- Filed June 30, 2005 and granted May 26, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 30, 2025.
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