Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090069653 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit which measures the spectroscopic characteristics of the inside of a specimen by irradiating a plurality of types of light, each of which has a different wavelength within the wavelength range of 600 nm to 1,000 nm, on the specimen, an arithmetic processing unit which calculates the ratio of both collagen and lipid relative to the whole of a plurality of ingredients including collagen and lipid from a measurement result of the measurement unit and the absorption coefficients of each ingredient, and determines the relationship of the fitting coefficients of the lipid and collagen and the state of biological tissue, and then determines the state of biological tissue of the specimen from the ratio of collagen and the ratio of lipid which were calculated, and a display unit which displays a result of processing by the arithmetic processing unit. The measurement unit uses a light having a predetermined wavelength within the wavelength range between 600 nm and 700 nm and at least two types of light having different wavelengths within the wavelength range between 730 nm to 760 nm as the plurality of types of light. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069674 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus is configured to measure a spectroscopic characteristic of a measurement site in a specimen by applying acousto-optical tomography. The measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit configured to measure a light intensity of each of measurement areas that are set differently from the measurement site on a light propagation path from the measurement site to a detection position of a light detector and a signal processing device configured to sequentially modify the spectroscopic characteristics of the measurement areas and the measurement site on the light propagation path from the detection position of the light detector to the measurement site by using a light intensity that is measured by the measurement unit in the measurement area that is closer to a surface layer of the specimen than the measurement site. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069676 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus is configured to measure a spectroscopic characteristic of a specimen. The measurement apparatus includes a light source configured to generate light to be irradiated onto the specimen, an ultrasound generating unit configured to generate an ultrasound, an ultrasound focusing unit configured to focus the ultrasound generated by the ultrasound generating unit on a measurement area of the specimen, a light detecting unit configured to detect modulated light derived from the light by an acousto optical effect on the measurement area of the specimen, and a control unit configured to control, based on an output of the light detecting unit, at least one of an intensity and a frequency of the ultrasound generated by the ultrasound generating unit, an ultrasound focusing size made by the ultrasound focusing unit, and an intensity of the light generated from the light source. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069685 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus measures a spectroscopic characteristic and a structural characteristic of a specimen. At the measurement site of the specimen, a modulation of light from the light source part by an acousto-optical effect and a generation of the ultrasound echo signal simultaneously occur, the light detecting unit detects modulated light that is simultaneously generated, and the ultrasound detecting unit detects the ultrasound echo signal that is simultaneously generated. | 03-12-2009 |
20110112391 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus capable of measuring a position and a size of an absorber with high accuracy, which includes: a light source unit for emitting a pulse beam; an illumination optical unit for leading the pulse beam emitted by the light source unit to an inside of an inspection object; and an acoustic signal detection unit for detecting a photoacoustic signal generated by the pulse beam in which the illumination optical unit includes a first and second illumination optical units that are arranged so that the inspection object is irradiated with the pulse beam from both sides thereof opposingly; and the acoustic signal detection unit is provided so that a detection surface of the acoustic signal detection unit is positioned on the same side as that of one of irradiation surfaces of the inspection object which the first and second illumination optical units irradiate with the pulse beam. | 05-12-2011 |
20130121106 | IMAGE INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An image information obtaining apparatus having: a light source; a transducer which detects an acoustic wave and converts the acoustic wave to an electrical signal; a signal processing unit which generates image data, using the electrical signal; and a memory unit which stores a reference acoustic signal produced by the transducer detecting an acoustic wave generated when light is irradiated from the light source onto a phantom having acoustic parameters and optical parameters substantially the same as an object and converting the acoustic wave to an electrical signal, wherein the transducer produces an object acoustic signal by converting the acoustic wave, generated when light is irradiated onto an object from the light source, to an electrical signal; and the signal processing unit subtracts the reference acoustic signal from the object acoustic signal and generates image data from the signal resulting from this subtraction. | 05-16-2013 |
20130165765 | PROPERTY INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - The present invention employs a property information acquiring apparatus comprising: a supporting unit configured to support a test subject and include an aperture into which a tested part of the test subject is inserted; a holding unit configured to hold the tested part inserted into the aperture; and a pressing unit that includes a receiving unit for receiving information relating to a property of the tested part and is pushed against a surface of the holding unit different from a surface for holding a test object, wherein the supporting unit includes a restricting part that restricts deformation caused in the holding unit by the pressing of the pressing unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130231549 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - The present invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus that includes a light source, a holding plate configured to hold an object, a supporting unit configured to support the holding plate, and a probe configured to receive, via the holding plate, an acoustic wave generated from the object on which light is irradiated from the light source. A light reflecting member is provided between the supporting unit and the holding plate. | 09-05-2013 |
20140150182 | PROPERTY INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A property information acquiring apparatus according to the present invention includes a supporting unit that supports an object person, a holding unit that holds an object area, and a receiving unit that receives information about properties of the object area by being positioned near the supporting unit, wherein the holding unit includes a restricting unit that restricts deformation generated in the supporting unit by the object person being supported by the supporting unit. | 06-05-2014 |