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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Applicant:
Jingkuang Chen, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jingkuang Chen, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
STC. UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/0048 (2013.01); A61B 5/0093 (2013.01); A61B 8/44 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); G01N 29/24 (2013.01); G01N 29/2406 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); A61B 2562/02 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoacoustic imaging device includes an array of light sources configured and arranged to illuminate a target region and an array of ultrasonic transducers between the array of light sources and the target region. The array of transducers may be fixedly coupled to the array of light sources, and the array of ultrasonic transducers may be configured and arranged to receive ultrasound transmissions from the target region.