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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Yasufumi Asao, Atsugi, JP;
Kazuhiko Fukutani, Yokohama, JP;
Yasufumi Asao, Atsugi, JP;
Kazuhiko Fukutani, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A biological information imaging method includes a first measurement step to measure an acoustic wave () generated by light () which is irradiated to a living body () from a light source () and which is absorbed by tissue () in the living body, a storage step to store first information obtained in the first measurement step, a second measurement step to measure an acoustic wave () generated by light () which is irradiated to the living body () from the light source () and which is absorbed by the tissue () in the living body, and a processing step to generate an image of information of the tissue in the living body by using second information obtained in the second measurement step, and the first information stored in the storage step.