PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high contrast and high resolution ultrasonic microscope without dyeing organism.SOLUTION: A number of thin waveguides connected with piezoelectric elements are installed in a partition wall having a different sound wave propagation velocity from the waveguide. Vibration of each piezoelectric element is controlled so that a sound wave having an exact opposite phase is propagated in adjacent thin waveguides. An image is obtained from a reflection wave from the tip of each thin waveguide.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】生体を染色せず高コントラスト、高解像超音波顕微鏡を得る。【解決手段】導波路と音波伝播速度が異なる隔壁内に圧電素子と接続した多数の細い導波路を設置し、各隣り合った細い導波路に正反対の位相の音波が伝播するように各圧電素子の振動を制御し、各細い導波路先端からの反射波で画像を得る。【選択図】図2
