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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Kazuhiro Tsujita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Tsujita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a fluorescence tomography apparatus for obtaining fluorescence tomographic images of a region of an object to be observed: an application unit concurrently applies an ultrasonic wave and excitation light to the region so that ultrasound-modulated fluorescence is emitted from the region under the influence of the ultrasonic wave; and a first image acquisition unit acquires a fluorescence tomographic image of the region on the basis of the ultrasound-modulated fluorescence.