Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

HJ Maris, AV Nurmikko - US Patent 7,624,640, 2009 - Google Patents
Patent Application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully restated
herein. This patent application is a continuation-in-part of US patent application Ser. No. 1 …

Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for performing high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

HJ Maris, AV Nurmikko - US Patent 8,567,253, 2013 - Google Patents
An opto-acoustic transducer assembly includes a Substrate; at least one layer of opto-
acoustic material coupled to a Surface of the substrate, where the at least one layer of opto …

Opto-acoustic methods and apparatus for perfoming high resolution acoustic imaging and other sample probing and modification operations

H Maris, A Nurmikko - US Patent App. 11/274,628, 2006 - Google Patents
One aspect of the present invention concerns scanning acoustic microscopes in which
sound waves used for imaging purposes are generated by an opto-acoustical process. 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 …

Optoacoustic imaging systems and methods with enhanced safety

DG Herzog, G Schmid - US Patent App. 14/603,919, 2015 - Google Patents
US20150297090A1 - Optoacoustic imaging systems and methods with enhanced safety -
Google Patents US20150297090A1 - Optoacoustic imaging systems and methods with …

Optoacoustic imaging systems and methods with enhanced safety

DG Herzog, G Schmid - US Patent App. 13/656,235, 2013 - Google Patents
US20130116538A1 - Optoacoustic imaging systems and methods with enhanced safety -
Google Patents US20130116538A1 - Optoacoustic imaging systems and methods with …

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 …

Enhanced-resolution infrared photoacoustic microscopy and spectroscopy

L Wang, J Shi, K Maslov - US Patent 11,592,652, 2023 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods for measuring infrared absorption of a sample that includes
delivering a pulse of infrared radiation to a region of the sample, delivering pulses of …

Photoacoustic point spectroscopy

CW Van Neste, LR Senesac, TG Thundat - US Patent 7,961,313, 2011 - Google Patents
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