Abstract

A microwave and millimeter wave imaging system. In either a far-field or a near-field detection mode, a radially-polarized probe transmits an imaging signal along a predetermined scan path to detect a target in a sample. The imaging signal's orientation is independent of the target's orientation and changes at each target as the probe transmits the signal during scanning. A measurement system receives scattered waves reflected from the sample via a single channel and images the sample and the target based on the reflected waves independent of the orientation of the target.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Comments

Docket Number: 19MST036-UTL

Filing Date: 09/13/2021

Issue Date: 08/13/2024, FY25

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Prior Publication Data:

US 2022/0146663 A1 Mat 12, 2022

Patent Application Number

17/438,798

Patent Number

US 12,061,254 B2

Document Type

Patent

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Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

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© 2026 The Curators of the University of Missouri, All rights reserved

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Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (US)

Publication Date

13 August, 2024

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