Apparatus for determining physical parameters in an object using simultaneous microwave and ultrasound radiation and measurement

a technology of physical parameters and instruments, applied in the direction of instruments, specific gravity measurement, testing food, etc., can solve the problems of inability to determine the thickness limit of the probe that can be investigated, poor resolution, and no feasible method is available today regarding the state of the ar

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-05-18
JOHN BEAN TECH AB
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[0036] An advantage with the present invention is that the resolution of the spatial distribution not is limited to the microwave wavelength, but rather determined by the wavelength of the ultrasound.
[0037] Another advantage with the present invention is that a contact free measurement of physical properties, such as temperature, water content, etc, may be established applying the invention as virtual probes.

Problems solved by technology

This method allows calculating some properties of the interior of the object under test but resolution is generally poor.
The fact that the object is moderately absorbing to the radiation used for measurement puts a thickness limit to the probes that can be investigated.
For this case no feasible method is available today regarding the state of the art.

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[0097]FIG. 5a shows a first embodiment for determining the dielectric function in an object, such as a food product, to determine a physical property in the object, such as internal temperature without physically probing the object, during preparation of the object.

[0098] The flow starts in step 110, where a point in the object is selected. It is advantageous to select a point that has been used during the process of obtaining the ultrasound metric. The selected point corresponds to point 3 in equations 1-17.

[0099] The ultrasound radiation is thereafter focused on this point in step 111 and in step 112, the S-parameters S31 and S23 are measured, as described in more detail in connection with FIG. 6.

[0100] In step 113, a decision is made whether another point should be selected or not. If another point should be selected the flow is fed back to step 110, where a new point is selected before steps 111 and 112 are repeated. If not, the flow continues to step 114 where the matrix with...

second embodiment

[0102]FIG. 5b shows a second embodiment for determining the dielectric function in an object, such as a food product, to determine a physical property between two locations in the object, such as material properties, e.g. the presence of a brain tumor, without physically probing the object.

[0103] The flow starts in step 210, where a pair of points in the object is selected. It is advantageous to select points that have been used during the process of obtaining the ultrasound metric. The selected points correspond to point 3 and 4 in equations 1-17.

[0104] The ultrasound radiation is thereafter focused on both points in step 211 and in step 212, the S-parameters S31, S23, S41, S24, S4′1, S24′, S3′1 and S23′ are measured, as described in more detail in connection with FIG. 7.

[0105] The S-parameter S43, i.e. the damping between the selected points, is calculated in step 213. Point 3 acts as a virtual transmitter and point 4 functions as a virtual receiver in this embodiment.

[0106] Th...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining a dielectric function in an object. The apparatus comprises one transmit antenna for transmitting microwave radiation through said object, and one receive antenna for receiving the transmitted microwave radiation, one ultrasound transmitter for emitting ultrasound radiation through said object to generate a density variation in the object, means to analyse the microwave radiation transmitted through the density variation to determine the acousto-electric interaction δ in the object, and means to calculate the dielectric function in the object from the acousto-electric interaction. The invention also relates to a method for determining the dielectric function in an object.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining physical parameters, such as temperature or density, inside an object by determining the dielectric function of the object as defined in claim 1. The invention also relates to a method for determining the dielectric function inside an object as defined in claim 10, and an apparatus for determining the local distribution of temperature in a food product as defined in claim 15. BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION [0002] In order to obtain information regarding temperature, density and other interior parameters of arbitrary objects without destroying, invading or dissecting the object, radiation(s) of various types are available to provide information that allow(s) to reconstruct the desired parameters. [0003] Choosing a specific type of radiation, there are four distinct cases that incorporate their proper implications on the choice of method of analysis. These are classified by two question areas: [0004] tra...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01N22/00G01N29/00
CPCG01N22/00G01N29/0672G01N29/07G01N29/2456G01N33/02G01N2291/044G01N2291/048G01N2291/102
Inventor MERKEL, HARALD
Owner JOHN BEAN TECH AB
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