Title:
Sound wave acquisition device
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5939786
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
With a detector in which detection elements are placed in a spherical shape, a uniform resolution area is narrow. An acoustic-wave acquisition apparatus of the present invention is equipped with a detector including a plurality of detection elements that receive acoustic waves from a subject, the receiving surfaces of at least some of the detection elements being at different angles. The apparatus includes a scanning unit configured to move at least one of the subject and the detector to change the relative position of the subject and a highest-resolution area determined depending on the placement of the detection elements.
Inventors:
Takuji Oishi
Application Number:
JP2011278895A
Publication Date:
June 22, 2016
Filing Date:
December 20, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
A61B8/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2009131684A | ||||
| JP55500499A | ||||
| JP2010017427A | ||||
| JP2011045514A | ||||
| JP2011125406A | ||||
| JP2011200381A | ||||
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Foreign References:
| US20080173093 | ||||
| EP2148183A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takuma Abe
Sogo Kuroiwa
Sogo Kuroiwa
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