Patent ID: 9448187
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method of imaging an object using microwave tomography, wherein the method comprises: providing a plurality of antenna assemblies positioned about an object, wherein each antenna assembly of the plurality of antenna assemblies comprises: individually configuring each probe of the one or more probes of the plurality of antenna assemblies in the active state while configuring the remaining probes of the one or more probes of the plurality of antenna assemblies in the inactive state until each probe of the one or more probes of the plurality of antenna assemblies has been individually configured in the active state; delivering electromagnetic energy using the antenna of at least one antenna assembly of the plurality of antenna assemblies to irradiate the object resulting in scattered electromagnetic energy for each probe being configured in the active state; sampling the scattered electromagnetic energy using the antenna of at least one antenna assembly of the plurality of antenna assemblies for each probe being configured in the active state; and reconstructing an image of the object based on the sampled scattered electromagnetic energy.