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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Someda, Yokohama, JP;
Keishi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yasufumi Asao, Atsugi, JP;
Katsumi Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Ichihara, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an ultrasonic probe capable of forming an image without degradation even when the frequency band of a photoacoustic wave and the frequency band of an ultrasonic wave used in ultrasonography are separated from each other, and an inspection object imaging apparatus including the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe includes a first array device capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; and a second array device capable of receiving a photoacoustic wave. The first array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction, the second array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and the first array device and the second array device are provided on the same plane and in the scanning direction.