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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Ruikang K. Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ruikang K. Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
University of Washington Through its Center For Commerciallzation, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 5/725 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for photoacoustic imaging are provided. Photoacoustic signals are excited from a body and the excited photoacoustic signals are detected with a low coherence interferometer system serving as a photoacoustic detector. Cross-sectional images of the body are then reconstructed by the system from the detected photoacoustic signals.