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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); G01S 7/52079 (2013.01); G01S 15/8929 (2013.01); G01S 15/8965 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acoustic wave receiving apparatus is used, which includes: a holding member; a reception transducer array; a liquid vessel to which the reception transducer array is fixed and configured to store an acoustic matching liquid; a liquid supplying unit; a controlling unit configured to control a supplying rate of the acoustic matching liquid; and a scanning unit, wherein the controlling unit is configured to reduce the supply of the acoustic matching liquid into the liquid vessel when the reception transducer array detects an acoustic wave.