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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Steffen Weiβ, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Schaffter, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Steffen Weiβ, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Schaffter, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0097 (2013.01); A61B 5/0048 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for imaging an object of interest includes an ultrasound device configured to emit ultrasonic waves of at least two different frequencies onto the object of interest, and an electromagnetic radiation detector configured to detect electromagnetic fluorescence radiation emitted by the object of interest in response to an absorption of primary electromagnetic radiation and in response to the ultrasonic waves.