Hiroshi Nishihara,Ryuichi Nanaumi,Kazuhito Oka,Shuichi Nakamura,Robert A Kruger
申请号：
US14916165
公开号：
US20160213257A1
申请日:
2014.09.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source transducers that receives acoustic waves and outputs electric signals, the acoustic waves being generated when an object is irradiated with light generated from the light source a support member that supports the transducers such that directivity axes of the transducers gather a movement region setting unit that sets a movement region of the support member a moving unit that moves the support member in the movement region such that relative position between the object and the support member changes and an information acquiring unit that acquires object information based on the electric signals, wherein the light source emits the light when the support member is positioned in the movement region, and wherein the movement region setting unit acquires coordinate information about a surface of the object and determines the movement region based on the coordinate information.
