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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Takuji Oishi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Takuji Oishi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/26 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/26 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 8/406 (2013.01); A61B 8/429 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/15 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/587 (2013.01);
Abstract
With a detector in which detection elements are placed in a spherical shape, a uniform resolution area is narrow. An acoustic-wave acquisition apparatus is equipped with a detector including a plurality of detection elements that receive acoustic waves from a subject, the receiving surfaces of at least some of the detection elements being at different angles. The apparatus includes a scanning unit configured to move at least one of the subject and the detector to change the relative position of the subject and a highest-resolution area determined depending on the placement of the detection elements.