PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for facilitating handling of an evaluation member for performing performance evaluation for an apparatus that performs photoacoustic measurement.SOLUTION: This object information acquiring apparatus that receives an acoustic wave generated from an object, on which light is irradiated, and generates property information includes: a housing including an aperture into which, when the acoustic wave is received, the object, which is a part of an examinee, is inserted and, when performance evaluation for the apparatus is performed, a calibration device corresponding to a type of the performance evaluation is inserted, the housing being capable of holding the examinee a holding unit configured to hold the object a positioning structural unit configured to specify an attachment position of the calibration device correspondingly to a position specifying member of the calibration device and a detecting unit configured to detect the type of the performance evaluation performed using the inserted calibration device.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】光音響測定を行う装置の性能評価を行うための評価部材の取扱いを容易にするための技術を提供する。【解決手段】光を照射された被検体から発生する音響波を受信して特性情報を生成する被検体情報取得装置であって、音響波受信時には被検者の一部である被検体が、装置の性能評価時にはその種類に応じた校正装置が挿入される開口部を備え、被検者を保持可能な筺体と、被検体を保持する保持部と、校正装置の位置特定部材に対応して取り付け位置を規定する位置決め構造部と、挿入された校正装置を用いた性能評価の種類を検知する検知部と、を有する被検体情報取得装置を用いる。【選択図】図1B
