Title:
PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/008417
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To prevent a part of a lumen or the like from being absent in a display of a photoacoustic image. [Solution] A photoacoustic imaging device (10) for irradiating a subject with pulse light of a wavelength that is absorbed by the interior thereof, from a laser light source (13), detecting the acoustic waves generated from the subject thereby and obtaining photoacoustic data, and imaging the subject on the basis of the photoacoustic data and displaying the same on an image displaying means, wherein the device is provided with: ultrasonic image acquiring means (11, 40, 41) for transmitting ultrasonic waves toward the subject, detecting the reflected ultrasonic waves thereby reflected from the subject, and obtaining ultrasonic data; and correcting means (27, 28, 42) for correcting a specific portion within the subject shown by the photoacoustic data, on the basis of the ultrasonic data showing the specific portion.
Inventors:
HIROTA KAZUHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/004328
Publication Date:
January 17, 2013
Filing Date:
July 04, 2012
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Assignee:
FUJIFILM CORP (JP)
HIROTA KAZUHIRO (JP)
HIROTA KAZUHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/00
Foreign References:
| JP2005021380A | 2005-01-27 | |||
| JP2010512929A | 2010-04-30 | |||
| JP2003265477A | 2003-09-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YANAGIDA, Masashi et al. (JP)
Seiji Yanagida (JP)
Seiji Yanagida (JP)
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