Title:
PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING FORMING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/017891
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging device according to the present embodiment comprises: a laser light source unit for forming a laser; an ultrasonic wave source for forming an ultrasonic wave generation signal; an imaging probe comprising a laser irradiation part, which receives the laser and irradiates same to a target, and an ultrasonic transducer which receives the ultrasonic wave generation signal, irradiates an ultrasonic wave to the target, and detects photoacoustic and ultrasonic signals formed in and reflected off the target; and a calculation unit for forming an image of a tissue inside the target by means of the laser and an image of a tissue inside the target by means of the ultrasonic wave, from the photoacoustic and ultrasonic signals detected by the ultrasonic transducer.
Inventors:
KIM CHUL HONG (KR)
CHOI WON SEOK (KR)
PARK EUN YEONG (KR)
JEON SEUNG WAN (KR)
LEE CHANG YEOP (KR)
HAN MOON GYU (KR)
CHOI WON SEOK (KR)
PARK EUN YEONG (KR)
JEON SEUNG WAN (KR)
LEE CHANG YEOP (KR)
HAN MOON GYU (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2021/011871
Publication Date:
February 16, 2023
Filing Date:
September 02, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OPTICHO INC LTD (KR)
International Classes:
A61B8/00; A61B5/00; A61B8/08
Foreign References:
| JP2010012295A | 2010-01-21 | |||
| JP2012187394A | 2012-10-04 | |||
| KR20180049977A | 2018-05-14 | |||
| KR20090088909A | 2009-08-20 | |||
| KR20150120783A | 2015-10-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ISIS IP LAW LLC (KR)
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