Subject information accumulating apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKatsuya Oikawa, Toshinobu Tokita, Masakazu Toi, Toshiyuki Kitai
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Abstract
The present invention provides a subject information accumulating apparatus that conducts diagnosis with high reliability. The subject information accumulating apparatus includes compression plates configured to compress a subject, an irradiation unit configured to apply light, an acoustic wave detector configured to receive acoustic waves generated within a subject and to output an electric signal, and a controller configured to perform control so that an acoustic wave image and pressure information are displayed on a display unit.
Claims12
A subject information accumulating apparatus comprising:
- compression plates configured to compress a subject;
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with irradiation light;
- an acoustic wave detector configured to receive acoustic waves generated within a subject irradiated with the irradiation light and to output an electric signal;
- an image signal generator configured to generate a signal for forming an acoustic wave image on the basis of the electric signal output from the acoustic wave detector;
- a pressure information accumulating unit configured to obtain pressure information concerning pressure applied to a subject by the compression plates;
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- a controller configured to perform control so that the acoustic wave image and the pressure information are displayed on a display unit.
A subject information accumulating apparatus comprising:
- compression plates configured to compress a subject;
- an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with irradiation light;
- an acoustic wave detector configured to receive acoustic waves generated within a subject irradiated with the irradiation light and to output an electric signal;
- an image signal generator configured to generate a signal for forming an acoustic wave image on the basis of the electric signal output from the acoustic wave detector;
- a blood pressure information accumulating unit configured to obtain blood pressure information concerning blood pressure of a subject in the state in which the subject is being compressed between the compression plates;
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- a controller configured to display the acoustic wave image and the blood pressure information on a display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.