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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Kandori, Ebina, JP;
Masahiro Okuda, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01H 11/06 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G10K 11/32 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/708 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B06B 1/0637 (2013.01); G01H 11/06 (2013.01); G01N 29/22 (2013.01); G01N 29/221 (2013.01); G01N 29/223 (2013.01); G01N 29/2406 (2013.01); G01N 29/2412 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G10K 11/32 (2013.01); G10K 11/345 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); G01N 2291/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide a photoacoustic probe capable of acquiring subject information for reducing generation of artifacts without increasing the number of wires connected to the outside. Provided is a probe including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the ultrasonic transducers are divided into a plurality of groups, two adjoining ultrasonic transducers belong to different groups, and the probe includes a group selection unit configured to switch signals of the ultrasonic transducers to be outputtable for each of the groups.