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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Nanaumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Miyasato, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Fukutani, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiko Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Takuji Oishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Abe, Kyoto, JP;
Kohtaro Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object information acquiring apparatus, includes: an irradiator irradiating an object with light; a probe having a plurality of transducers which receive an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with the light and output a reception signal; and a controller using the reception signal to acquire property information on the interior of the object, and the probe has a plurality of apertures and a surface on which the plurality of transducers are arranged has a spherical surface shape.