Photoacoustic probe

Abstract

A photoacoustic probe comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive photoacoustic waves generated from an object irradiated with light; a signal processing unit configured to perform a process for outputting photoacoustic signals originating from the photoacoustic waves; a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a photoacoustic apparatus body to transmit the photoacoustic signals; a communication quality acquiring unit configured to acquire a communication quality of wireless communication which the communication unit performs; a memory configured to store the photoacoustic signals; and a determining unit configured to determine, according to the communication quality, a communication rate of the communication unit and whether to store the photoacoustic signals in the memory.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.