Global Patent Index - EP 1350123 A1

EP 1350123 A1 20031008 - METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROBE FOR OBTAINING IMAGES

Title (en)

METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROBE FOR OBTAINING IMAGES

Title (de)

VERFAHREN, SYSTEM UND SONDE ZUR BILDERFASSUNG

Title (fr)

PROCEDE SYSTEME ET SONDE POUR L'OBTENTION D'IMAGES

Publication

EP 1350123 A1 20031008 (FR)

Application

EP 01980609 A 20011019

Priority

  • FR 0103252 W 20011019
  • FR 0013634 A 20001024

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2815723A1] The method involves using a probe to obtain images by waves emitted by an antenna (1) after reflection of these waves at the level of the assembly serving as target which is illuminated by the waves, and from which the images are extracted, this antennae having aligned wave emitter-receiver transducers (10',10''). It involves creating a series of emissions of the same type as that input into the transducers by an identical excitation signal which is offset in time for generating a wave essentially plane to each emission, this time lag between the transducers being determined for which the equi-phase surfaces obtained should be in line or in the same plane along which the antennae is constituted to have one or more transducers in alignment.

IPC 1-7

G01S 7/52; G01S 15/89; G10K 11/34

IPC 8 full level

G01N 29/26 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 7/523 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

G01S 7/52 (2013.01 - KR); G01S 7/52003 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 7/52047 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0235254A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

FR IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2815723 A1 20020426; FR 2815723 B1 20040430; CN 1310037 C 20070411; CN 1476539 A 20040218; EP 1350123 A1 20031008; JP 2004512117 A 20040422; KR 20030045135 A 20030609; US 2004004906 A1 20040108; US 6873569 B2 20050329; WO 0235254 A1 20020502

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 0013634 A 20001024; CN 01819538 A 20011019; EP 01980609 A 20011019; FR 0103252 W 20011019; JP 2002538183 A 20011019; KR 20037005685 A 20030424; US 39995203 A 20030423