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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Paul Mark Henrichs, Houston, TX (US);
Marten Eriksen, Oslo, NO;
Pal Rongved, Oslo, NO;
Wolfgang Hans Heinrich Gunther, West Chester, PA (US);
Robert Allen Snow, West Chester, PA (US);
Kenneth Robert Hollister, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Gregory Lynn McIntire, West Chester, PA (US);
Steven Blair Coffey, Pawcatuk, CT (US);
Amersham Health AS, Oslo, NO;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof. The method comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a radiation absorbing component and/or a pressure inducing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.