ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,481, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OmniZare Imaging Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Detecting and imaging using dielectric tomography" was invented by Andre Botelho Kurs (Ayer, Mass.), Eric Roger Giler (Boston) and Katherine Lavin Hall (Arlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for sensing, detecting, characterizing, and imaging dielectric objects using microwave signals. An example of a method for obtaining an image with a dielectric tomography system includes positioning an object in at least a portion of an electromagnetic field of a characterized sensor including at least one transmit antenna configur...