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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Shizouka, JP;
Abstract
An optical CT apparatus is mainly composed of a container filled with an optical interface member ; a light-projecting section, comprising a light source and an optical switch , for projecting light into the container ; a light-detecting section, comprising photodetectors and shutters , for detecting the light from the inside of the container ; and an arithmetic/control section for calculating a spatial distribution of absorption coefficient. The arithmetic/control section has a function of determining a spatial distribution of a characteristic amount concerning a part of an object to be measured according to a comparison of an optical intensity signal actually measured by each detector in a state where the container is filled with the optical interface member with an optical signal actually measured by each detector in a state where the optical interface member is partly replaced by the part of object to be measured