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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/0091 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); A61B 5/708 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); G01N 21/1702 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1787 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0634 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoacoustic measuring apparatus includes a light source, a movable holding unit which holds an object, a light diffusing unit which fixes the distance between the light diffusing unit and the holding unit and diffuses light incident from the light source, and an acoustic wave obtaining unit which obtains an acoustic wave generated from the object by the light emitted via the holding unit and the light diffusing unit.