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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jiro Tateyama, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object information acquiring apparatus according to the present invention includes: a supporter which supports a plurality of conversion elements each converting a photoacoustic wave from an object into an electrical signal; an imager which acquires an image of the object; a scanner which changes a relative position between the object and the supporter; an acquirer which acquires first and second specific information of the inside of the object based on an electrical signal acquired at a first and second relative position between the object and the supporter; and a corrector which corrects a deviation between the first and the second specific information based on positional information of the object.