Title:
TRANSDUCER ARRAY, PHOTOACOUSTIC PROBE, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/168562
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a transducer array which both improves sensitivity and suppresses unnecessary responses. In a transducer array (20) provided with a plurality of transducer elements (21) capable of detecting ultrasound waves, the positions of the centers of gravity of the plurality of transducer elements (21) are arranged at random in a two-dimensional shape, and the plurality of transducer element (21) are disposed adjacent to one another without a gap.
Inventors:
UMEMURA SHINICHIRO (JP)
SAIJO YOSHIFUMI (JP)
YOSHIZAWA SHIN (JP)
TAKAGI RYO (JP)
NAGAOKA RYO (JP)
SAIJO YOSHIFUMI (JP)
YOSHIZAWA SHIN (JP)
TAKAGI RYO (JP)
NAGAOKA RYO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/008480
Publication Date:
September 20, 2018
Filing Date:
March 06, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV TOHOKU (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/13; H04R1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008050278A1 | 2008-05-02 |
Foreign References:
| JP2005087577A | 2005-04-07 | |||
| US6135971A | 2000-10-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SANADA, Tamotsu (JP)
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