Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatus and method
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Application No.: US13886792Application Date: 2013-05-03
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Publication No.: US10251559B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Sung-chan Kang , Woon-bae Kim , Jong-seok Kim , Yong-seop Yoon
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2012-0047127 20120503
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; G01N29/00 ; G10K15/00 ; G01N29/24 ; G10K15/04 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
Laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatuses and methods of generating images using the same. The laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatus includes a laser source which irradiates a laser beam to a target object and a thermoelastic material; a thermoelastic material which converts the laser beam to a first ultrasonic wave and irradiates the first ultrasonic wave to the target object; and a receiving unit which receives an echo acoustic wave of the first ultrasonic wave and receives a second ultrasonic wave generated by the target object due to the laser beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130303909A1 LASER-INDUCED ULTRASONIC WAVE APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-11-14
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