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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiko Fukutani, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/0654 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/7207 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G01N 2223/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object information acquisition apparatus includes: a plurality of acoustic wave detecting elements configured to detect an photoacoustic wave generated when an object is irradiated with light and output time-series detection signals; a member disposed outside the object; and a signal processing unit configured to acquire optical property information inside the object by performing image reconstruction through iterative reconstruction method in accordance with the time-series detection signals and an operand for which a response of the photoacoustic wave deriving from the member has been considered.