公开(公告)号：EP0996469B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-20

申请号：EP98930870.5

申请日：1998-06-16

申请人： Amersham Health AS

发明人： HENRICHS, Paul, Mark ,  ERIKSEN, Morten ,  RONGVED, Pal ,  GUNTHER, Wolfgang, Hans, Heinrich ,  SNOW, Robert, Allen ,  HOLLISTER, Kenneth, Robert ,  MCINTIRE, Gregory, Lynn

IPC分类号： A61K49/00

CPC分类号： A61K41/00 ,  A61B6/508 ,  A61K49/00 ,  A61K49/0002 ,  A61K49/0034 ,  A61K49/0078 ,  A61K49/0084 ,  A61K49/0091 ,  A61K49/0404 ,  A61K49/0438 ,  A61K49/0466 ,  Y10S977/949

摘要： The invention relates to a method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof. The method comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a radiation absorbing component and/or a pressure inducing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.