Patent · US Active

Method for photoacoustic tomograpy

US9506742B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

0References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Medizinisches Laserzentrum Luebeck GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jens Horstmann · Goldkronach, DE
Ralf Brinkmann · Grevenbroich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 2014
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 3, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/0095
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for photoacoustic tomography of a sample, deformations on a measurement surface of the sample being measured as a function of location and time, the deformations resulting from the absorption of a pulsed excitation radiation on at least one spectrally addressable target structure in the sample interior while emitting thermomechanical pressure waves in the direction of the measurement surface, and the measured deformations being fed to a reconstruction method for determining the position of the target structure in the sample interior.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.