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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Katsuya Oikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yamakawa, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shiina, Kyoto, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to formation of an image indicating viscoelastic characteristics in a specimen by a simple method. Stepwise pressurization in which, after pressure is instantaneously increased to a certain pressure value, the certain pressure value is kept for a certain time period is performed to measure the variation with time of strain distribution in the specimen and to calculate a stress from strain distribution at a saturation measurement time when the effect of the viscosity of a viscoelasticity measurement reference layer is saturated, thereby evaluating the modulus of elasticity and the coefficient of viscosity of a body tissue.