Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130199300 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING OBJECT INFORMATION AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An object information obtaining apparatus includes a signal processing unit configured to obtain weighted optical characteristic information about an object on the basis of feature information about the object obtained by elastography measurement or B-mode image measurement using an elastic wave signal acquired by transmission and reception of elastic waves to and from the object. | 08-08-2013 |
20140114172 | SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS AND SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD - A subject information obtaining apparatus and a subject information obtaining method are provided with which a resolution of a photoacoustic image can be improved even when an absorber arranged at a particular position with respect to a detector for photoacoustic waves is used. | 04-24-2014 |
20140182383 | OBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An object information obtaining device includes a light source which emits light, an acoustic wave detecting unit which detects a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of an object with the light, and outputs an electric signal in response to detection of the photoacoustic wave, and a processing unit configured to perform two or more types of processing to photoacoustic signal data based on the electric signal to obtain object information corresponding to each of the two or more types of processing, and to display on a display unit the object information corresponding to at least one processing selected by a user out of the two or more types of processing. | 07-03-2014 |
20140182384 | Object Information Acquisition Apparatus, Display Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium - An object information acquisition apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes a light source, an acoustic wave detection unit, and a processing unit. The light source is configured to emit light. The acoustic wave detection unit is configured to detect a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of an object with the light and to output a detection signal. The processing unit is configured to be able to acquire two or more types of object information on the basis of the detection signal and configured to cause a display unit to display at least one type of object information selected by a user from among the two or more types of object information. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187902 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including a light source, a photoacoustic probe that receives a photoacoustic wave generated at an object irradiated with light, an ultrasound probe that receives an ultrasound wave transmitted to the object and then reflected within the object, and a signal processor that creates a functional image showing functional information within the object on the basis of the photoacoustic wave and creates a morphological image showing morphological information within the object on the basis of the ultrasound wave, the signal processor being configured to divide the functional image into a plurality of regions, perform different image processing for each of the regions, superimpose the processed functional image on the morphological image, and display the resulting image in a display. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187903 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - An object information acquiring apparatus is used that include a probe; a signal processor that generates a first image based on photoacoustic waves, which are generated from an object irradiated with light and which are received by the probe, and that generates a second image based on ultrasound waves, which are received by the probe and then transmitted to the object and reflected off the object; a controller that displays the first image and the second image on a display unit; a first corrector that corrects brightness of the first image; and a second corrector that corrects brightness of the second image independently from the first corrector. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187936 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - An object information acquiring apparatus, comprises a photoacoustic image acquiring unit configured to generate a first image related to optical characteristics within the object; an ultrasonic image acquiring unit configured to generate a second image related to acoustic characteristics within the object; a region of interest designating unit configured to receive designation of a region of interest with regard to the first image; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the first image inside the region of interest and outside the region of interest, respectively, using different image processing parameters; and an image synthesizing unit configured to superimpose and synthesize the first image, which has been image processed, and the second image. | 07-03-2014 |
20140316244 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An object information acquiring apparatus is used, which includes: a receiver configured to receive a photoacoustic wave generated from an object irradiated with light and output a time-series electric signal; and a processor configured to acquire characteristic information relating to an inside of the object by using the time-series electric signal, wherein the light is emitted at a plurality of timings, the receiver receives the photoacoustic wave at the plurality of timings, and the processor determines a projection position coordinate on which the time-series electric signal is projected on the basis of an amount of displacement of the inside of the object among the plurality of timings, for each of a plurality of time-series electric signals corresponding to the plurality of timings, and acquires the characteristic information. | 10-23-2014 |