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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Fujifilm Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takatsugu Wada, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Acoustic waves and photoacoustic waves are detected efficiently in a photoacoustic imaging apparatus configured to obtain acoustic images as well, to enable obtainment of high quality acoustic images and photoacoustic images. A probe for a photoacoustic imaging apparatus is equipped with: first piezoelectric bodies that detect acoustic waves reflected by a subject after the acoustic waves are irradiated onto the subject; and second piezoelectric bodies that detect photoacoustic waves generated within the subject due to irradiation of light after the light is irradiated onto the subject. Piezoelectric bodies made from an inorganic material are employed as the first piezoelectric bodies, and piezoelectric bodies made from an organic material are employed as the second piezoelectric bodies.