Patent ID: 7777496

Claim:
A system simultaneously employing complementary techniques to detect and locate hidden anomalies in structure, comprising: an RF sub-system comprising: at least one pair of transmitter and receiver ported coaxial cables; at least one RF source in operable communication with at least said transmitter ported coaxial cable, wherein said RF source provides at least one analog signal; and at least one RF receiver in operable communication with at least said receiver ported coaxial cable, wherein said RF receiver receives at least portions of said analog signal leaked from ports of said ported transmitter coaxial cable as provided by said receiver ported cable; an optics sub-system comprising: at least one fiber optic cable; at least one optical transceiver in operable communication with said at least one fiber optic cable; wherein said optical transceiver provides at least one analog optical signal and receives reflections of said analog signal from said fiber optic cable; and a control sub-system for at least operating said RF sub-system and said optical sub-system, said control sub-system in operable communication with each of said RF and said optical sub-systems, said control system comprising: at least one processor; at least one display in operable communication with said at least one processor; at least one I/O device in operable communication with at least said processor and said display; and at least one communications apparatus in operable communication with at least said I/O device.