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MEASURING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

  • US 20110149680A1
  • Filed: 12/09/2010
  • Published: 06/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A measuring system comprising:

  • an acoustic wave receiver for receiving acoustic waves which are generated by irradiating light to a specimen, and for converting the received acoustic waves into an electrical signal; and

    an image forming apparatus for producing image data by using the electrical signal,wherein the acoustic wave receiver receives at least direct waves in acoustic waves generated from a detection target inside the specimen, which directly reach the acoustic wave receiver, and reflected waves in the acoustic waves generated from the detection target, which have been reflected by an acoustic wave reflecting surface disposed in the specimen, and converts the received waves to respective electrical signals,the image forming apparatus comprising;

    a data producing unit for converting the electrical signal converted from the direct waves and the electrical signal converted from the reflected waves to voxel data or pixel data, thereby producing image data;

    a determining unit for determining whether, as viewed on the image data, a position of the voxel data or the pixel data converted from the direct waves and a position of the voxel data or the pixel data converted from the reflected waves are symmetrical with respect to a position corresponding to the acoustic wave reflecting surface on the image data; and

    a processing unit for executing processing to distinguish or reduce images of the voxel data or the pixel data, which are determined to be not symmetrical by the determining unit.

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