ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,818, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Zhejiang University (Hangzhou City, China).

"High-precision ultrasonic imaging method for internal defect of complex-shaped component based on search-vector imaging condition" was invented by Peng Zhao (Hangzhou City, China), Kaipeng Ji (Hangzhou City, China), Hao Chen (Hangzhou City, China), Chaojie Zhuo (Hangzhou City, China) and Jianzhong Fu (Hangzhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a high-precision ultrasonic imaging method for an internal defect of a complex-shaped component based on a search-vector imaging condition. Based on full waveform invers...