Patent ID: 8344727

Claim:
An imaging system, comprising: a directed-energy device configured to generate an excitation signal to impinge a region of interest of a target and excite elements therein to induce resonance signals emitted from the region of interest of the target after the excitation signal is terminated, comprising: a charged particle generator configured to generate plural energized particles; an excitation signal generator configured to generate an excitation signal to control the output of the charged particle generator; and a charge transformer configured to receive the plural energized particles from the charged particle generator and to output a wavefront including energized particles that include particles having substantially zero charge; plural gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet and configured to impress a polarizing magnetic field on the target; and a communications interface configured to transfer the received resonance signals emitted from the region of interest of the target after the excitation signal is terminated to a processor configured to produce an image of the region of interest of the target based on the received signals.