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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019

Filed:

May. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Sung-chan Kang, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Woon-bae Kim, Seoul, KR;

Jong-seok Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Yong-seop Yoon, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/00 (2006.01); G10K 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G10K 15/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G10K 15/046 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02475 (2013.01);
Abstract

Laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatuses and methods of generating images using the same. The laser-induced ultrasonic wave apparatus includes a laser source which irradiates a laser beam to a target object and a thermoelastic material; a thermoelastic material which converts the laser beam to a first ultrasonic wave and irradiates the first ultrasonic wave to the target object; and a receiving unit which receives an echo acoustic wave of the first ultrasonic wave and receives a second ultrasonic wave generated by the target object due to the laser beam.


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