Patent ID: 6321023
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A serial imager product comprising:a computer-readable signal-bearing medium acting via a data processor connected to an imaging system having a birefringent detector having a first acousto-optic response and having a second acousto-optic response to acoustic energy which is from an acoustic energy source and which has interacted with an object;a first component of the medium, the first component causing recording of first data from the birefringent detector, the first data being caused by a first portion of the object attenuating first acoustic energy along the first acousto-optic response;a second component of the medium, the second component causing recording of second data from the birefringent detector, the second data being caused by a second portion of the object attenuating second acoustic energy from the acoustic energy source along the second acousto-optic response; anda combination component of the medium, the combination component causing combination of the first data and the second data, and the combination component causing output of image data representing combination of the first data and the second data.