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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Hirota, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kazuhiro Tsujita, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoacoustic imaging method is provided that can prevent the surface of the subject from appearing in an image when a part to be observed at a position deeper than the surface of the subject is imaged. The photoacoustic imaging device includes a unit for outputting pulsed light toward the subject, and generating photoacoustic data by detecting photoacoustic waves emitted from the subject exposed to the light. The photoacoustic imaging device also includes a region detection unit that detects a near-surface region of the subject based on the photoacoustic wave detection signals, and a correcting unit that attenuates (which encompasses removing) information of the near-surface region found by the region detection unit when the part to be observed is displayed.