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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicants:

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-Do, KR;

The State University of New York Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jung-Ho Kim, Gangwon-do, KR;

Jung-Taek Oh, Seoul, KR;

Jonathan Lovell, Buffalo, NY (US);

Wentao Song, Buffalo, NY (US);

Dal-Kwon Koh, Gangwon-do, KR;

Chul-Hong Kim, Buffalo, NY (US);

Man-Sik Jeon, Buffalo, NY (US);

Jong-Kyu Jung, Gangwon-Do, KR;

Assignees:

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Hongcheon-gun, Ganwon-do, KR;

The State University of New York Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61K 49/22 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/5246 (2013.01); A61B 8/5261 (2013.01); A61K 49/0091 (2013.01); A61K 49/223 (2013.01); A61M 31/005 (2013.01); A61M 37/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract

A microbubble used as a contrast agent for ultrasound imaging burst due to high intensity of ultrasound, and the burst microbubble effectively acts as a contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging. Based on this point, a new apparatus and method for combined photoacoustic and ultrasound diagnosis are provided.


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