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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Lihong Wang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Konstantin Maslov, St. Louis, MO (US);
Joon-Mo Yang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/0062 (2013.01); A61B 5/0068 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/0873 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reflection-mode photoacoustic endoscope includes a tube, a light source configured to emit a light pulse suitable for photoacoustic imaging, an ultrasonic transducer configured to detect a response signal, and a light and acoustic reflector rotatable relative to the tube.