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Reflection-Mode Photoacoustic Tomography Using A Flexibly-Supported Cantilever Beam

  • US 20110201914A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2009
  • Published: 08/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for noninvasively imaging biological tissue using a handheld device, said method comprising:

  • focusing at least one light pulse into a predetermined area inside an object using a flexure mounted cantilever beam;

    receiving acoustic waves emitted by the object in response to the at least one light pulse;

    detecting the acoustic waves using a transducer; and

    generating an image of the predetermined area inside the object based on a signal generated by the transducer representative of the acoustic waves.

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