Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoacoustic imaging devices and methods of imaging
- Patent Title (中): 光声成像装置和成像方法
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Application No.: US14021933Application Date: 2013-09-09
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Publication No.: US09192306B2Publication Date: 2015-11-24
- Inventor: Jingkuang Chen
- Applicant: STC.UNM
- Applicant Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Assignee: STC.UNM
- Current Assignee: STC.UNM
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/02 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08

Abstract:
A photoacoustic medical imaging device may include a substrate, an array of ultrasonic transducers on the substrate, at least one groove etched on the substrate, at least one optical fiber, and at least one facet. Each optical fiber is disposed in one of the grooves. Each facet is etched in one of the grooves and coated with a layer of metal having high infrared reflectivity. Each optical fiber is configured to guide infrared light from a light source through the fiber and toward the respective facet. The facet is configured to reflect the infrared light toward a target.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140012125A1 PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS OF IMAGING Public/Granted day:2014-01-09
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