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US 2012/0238859 A1Published application
Measuring apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshinobu Tokita, Yasuhiro Someda
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Abstract
The present invention employs a measuring apparatus having: a holding plate for holding a subject; an acoustic matching member provided between the subject and the holding plate; and a probe for receiving an acoustic wave propagating through the subject via the acoustic matching member and the holding plate, wherein the acoustic matching member includes a first portion that contacts the subject and a second portion that contacts the holding plate, and the second portion has greater rigidity than the first portion.
Claims8
A measuring apparatus comprising:
- a holding plate for holding a subject;
- an acoustic matching member provided on said holding plate so as to be between the subject and said holding plate;
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- a probe for receiving an acoustic wave propagating through the subject via said acoustic matching member and said holding plate,
- wherein said acoustic matching member includes a first portion that contacts the subject and a second portion that contacts said holding plate, and said second portion has greater rigidity than said first portion, and said second portion can be adhered to and detached from said holding plate repeatedly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.