ULTRASONIC/PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS
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    发明申请
    ULTRASONIC/PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS 审中-公开
    超声/摄影成像装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150226845A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-13

    申请号:US14533013

    申请日:2014-11-04

    IPC分类号: G01S7/52 A61B5/00 G01S15/02

    摘要: Devices are disclosed for obtaining data of a sample, particularly data capable of being processed to produce an image of a region of the sample. An exemplary device includes a light-beam source, an acoustic-wave source, an optical element, and an acoustic detector. The optical element is transmissive to a light beam produced by the light-beam source and reflective to acoustic waves produced by the acoustic-wave source. The optical element is situated to direct the transmitted light beam and reflected acoustic wave simultaneously along an optical axis to be incident at a situs in or on a sample to cause the sample to produce acoustic echoes from the incident acoustic waves while also producing photoacoustic waves from the incident light beam photoacoustically interacting with the situs. The acoustic detector is placed to receive and detect the acoustic echoes and the photoacoustic waves from the situs. The acoustic detector can comprise one or more hydrophones exploiting the acousto-electric effect.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于获取样本数据的装置,特别是能够被处理以产生样本区域的图像的数据。 示例性装置包括光束源,声波源,光学元件和声学检测器。 光学元件对由光束源产生的光束是透射的,并且对由声波源产生的声波进行反射。 光学元件被定位成沿着光轴同时引导透射光束和反射声波,以入射到样品中或样品上的位置,以使样品从入射的声波产生声学回声,同时还产生来自 入射光束与地势光声学相互作用。 声学检测器被放置以接收和检测来自地点的声学回波和光声波。 声学检测器可以包括利用声电效应的一个或多个水听器。