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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2003
Shoichi Kanayama, Koshigaya, JP;
Kazuhiro Itsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Omar S. Khalil, Chicago, IL (US);
Stanislaw Kantor, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Shoichi Kanayama, Koshigaya, JP;
Kazuhiro Itsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Omar S. Khalil, Chicago, IL (US);
Stanislaw Kantor, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for non-invasive measurement of living body information comprises a light source configured to generate light containing a specific wavelength component, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with the light, and at least one acoustic signal detection unit including piezoelectric devices formed of a piezoelectric single crystal containing lead titanate and configured to detect an acoustic signal which is generated due to the energy of the irradiation light absorbed by a specific substance present in or on a subject.