Reflection-mode photoacoustic tomography using a flexibly-supported cantilever beam
US9528966B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/0427
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Noninvasively imaging biological tissue using a handheld device. A light pulse is focused into a predetermined area inside an object using a flexibly mounted cantilever beam, acoustic waves emitted by the object in response to the at least one light pulse are detected by a transducer, and an image of the predetermined area inside the object is generated based on a signal generated by the transducer representative of the acoustic waves.
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