US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on April 7 for "Transmission mode-photoacoustic tomography of the human brain through an acoustic window" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,986, issued on April 7, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Transmission mode-photoacoustic tomography of the human brain through an acoustic window" was invented by Yang Zhang (San Marino, Calif.), Sri Sai Narasimha KS Dhara Venkata (Pasadena, Calif.) and Lihong Wang (Arcadia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photoacoustic imaging techniques that deliver diffuse light in transmission mode to the brain and detect acoustic waves transmitted through an acoustic window in the skull."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2024, under Application No. 18/633,290.

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