Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-invasive subject-information imaging method and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 非侵入性主题信息成像方法和装置
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Application No.: US10812884Application Date: 2004-03-31
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Publication No.: US08353830B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Shoichi Kanayama , Kazuhiro Itsumi
- Applicant: Shoichi Kanayama , Kazuhiro Itsumi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaishia Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaishia Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2004-030578 20040206
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
A non-invasive subject-information imaging apparatus according to this invention includes a light generating unit which generates light containing a specific wavelength component, a light irradiation unit which radiates the generated light into a subject, a waveguide unit which guides the light from the light generating unit to the irradiation unit, a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed electroacoustic transducer elements, a transmission/reception unit which transmits ultrasonic waves to the subject by driving the electroacoustic transducer elements, and generates a reception signal from electrical signals converted by electroacoustic transducer elements, and a signal processing unit which generates volume data about a living body function by processing a reception signal corresponding to acoustic waves generated in the subject by light irradiation, and generates volume data about a tissue morphology by processing a reception signal corresponding to echoes generated in the subject upon transmission of the ultrasonic waves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050187471A1 Non-invasive subject-information imaging method and apparatus Public/Granted day:2005-08-25
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