Combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging of metal objects

US8839672B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US

Inventors

• Stanislav Emelianov · Toledo, US
• Jimmy Li-Shin Su · Austin, US
• Bo Wang · Austin, US
• Andrei Karpiouk · Austin, US
• Yun-Sheng Chen · Hsinchu, TW
• Wolfgang Frey · Karlsruhe, DE
• Richard Bouchard · Burbank, US
• Kimberly A. Homan · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B8/483
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods of combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging are provided. In some embodiments, the methods may be used to determine the location or positioning of a metal object in a sample. In other embodiments, the methods may be used to determine the composition of a sample surrounding a metal object. Other methods are also provided.