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AssigneeAmersham Health AS
InventorsPaul Mark Henrichs, Marten Eriksen, Pal Rongved, Wolfgang Hans Heinrich Gunther, Robert Allen Snow, Kenneth Robert Hollister, Gregory Lynn McIntire, Steven Blair Coffey
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The invention relates to a method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof. The method comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a radiation absorbing component and/or a pressure inducing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.
A method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof, said method comprising administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a pressure inducing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.
A method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof, said method comprising administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a pressure inducing component and a radiation absorbing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.
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