Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods

JM Schmitt, C Petersen, T Ohasi… - US Patent 8,753,281, 2014 - Google Patents
In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-
directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical sub …

Opto-Acoustic Imaging Devices and Methods

CL Petersen, JM Schmitt - US Patent App. 13/841,399, 2014 - Google Patents
In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-
directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical sub …

Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods

CL Petersen, JM Schmitt - US Patent 8,449,468, 2013 - Google Patents
In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-
directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem …

Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods

JM Schmitt, C Peterson, T Ohashi… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-
directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem …

Handheld optoacoustic probe

DG Herzog, TG Miller - US Patent App. 15/144,478, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A handheld optoacoustic probe includes an ultrasound trans ducer array
and optical fibers with a first end formed into a fiber bundle providing an input and a second …

Photoacoustic imaging devices and methods of imaging

J Chen - US Patent 8,529,454, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A photoacoustic medical imaging device may include a Sub strate, an array
of ultrasonic transducers on the Substrate, at least one groove etched on the Substrate, at …

Combined 2D Pulse-Echo Ultrasound And Optoacoustic Signal

A Bruck, S Trebukox, O Gayer, A Avner… - US Patent App. 11 …, 2008 - Google Patents
The present invention provides an adjunct apparatus to conventional ultrasound systems
and method for combining ultrasound images that reflect pulse echo ultrasound prop erties …

Playback mode in an optoacoustic imaging system

J Zalev, B Clingman - US Patent 9,743,839, 2017 - Google Patents
An optoacoustic imaging system includes a handheld probe and a computing subsystem.
The probe includes an ultrasound transducer array, the array being capable of receiving an …

Ultrasonic/photoacoustic imaging devices and methods

RS Witte, LG Montilla, R Olafsson, CM Ingram… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Devices are disclosed for obtaining data of a sample, particularly data capable of being
processed to produce an image of a region of the sample. An exemplary device includes a …

Systems and methods for photoacoustic opthalmoscopy

HF Zhang, S Jiao - US Patent App. 12/726,182, 2010 - Google Patents
SUMMARY 0005 Briefly, in one aspect the invention provides an oph thalmic imaging
system including a laser capable of generat ingalaser beam for irradiating a biological …