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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2008
Applicants:

Vijay Krishna, Gainesville, FL (US);

Brij M. Moudgil, Gainesville, FL (US);

Benjamin L. Koopman, Gainesville, FL (US);

Stephen Grobmyer, Gainesville, FL (US);

Iwakuma Nobutaka, Gainesville, FL (US);

Qiang Wang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Qizhi Zhang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Huabei Jiang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Parvesh Sharma, Gainesville, FL (US);

Amit Kumar Singh, Gainesville, FL (US);

Inventors:

Vijay Krishna, Gainesville, FL (US);

Brij M. Moudgil, Gainesville, FL (US);

Benjamin L. Koopman, Gainesville, FL (US);

Stephen Grobmyer, Gainesville, FL (US);

Iwakuma Nobutaka, Gainesville, FL (US);

Qiang Wang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Qizhi Zhang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Huabei Jiang, Gainesville, FL (US);

Parvesh Sharma, Gainesville, FL (US);

Amit Kumar Singh, Gainesville, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/02 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/1702 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1787 (2013.01); Y10S 977/734 (2013.01); Y10S 977/842 (2013.01); Y10S 977/927 (2013.01); Y10S 977/953 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fullerenes, when irradiated with electromagnetic radiation, generate acoustic waves. A photoacoustic tomography method using a material comprising fullerenes is disclosed that includes irradiating the material with a radiation beam such as a laser. The resultant photoacoustic effect produced by the material is detected by at least one detector. A photoacoustic tomography system using a material comprising fullerenes is also described.


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