ACOUSTO-OPTIC IMAGING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An acousto-optic imaging device, comprising:
- an acoustic wave source;
an acoustic lens system for converting a scattered wave produced by irradiation of an object with an acoustic wave emitted from the acoustic wave source into a predetermined converged state;
an acousto-optic medium section which is arranged such that a scattered wave transmitted through the acoustic lens system is incident on the acousto-optic medium section;
a light source for emitting a light beam which is formed by a plurality of superposed monochromatic light rays traveling in different directions, the light beam being incident on the acousto-optic medium section at an angle which is neither perpendicular nor parallel to an acoustic axis of the acoustic lens system;
an image formation lens system for condensing diffracted light of a plurality of the monochromatic plane wave light rays produced at the acousto-optic medium section; and
an image receiving section for detecting light condensed by the image formation lens system to output an electric signal.
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Abstract
An acousto-optic imaging device disclosed in the present application includes: an acoustic wave source; an acoustic lens system for converting a scattered wave produced by irradiation of an object with an acoustic wave emitted from the acoustic wave source into a predetermined converged state; an acousto-optic medium section which is arranged such that a scattered wave transmitted through the acoustic lens system is incident on the acousto-optic medium section; a light source for emitting a light beam which is formed by a plurality of superposed monochromatic light rays traveling in different directions; an image formation lens system for condensing diffracted light of a plurality of the monochromatic plane wave light rays produced at the acousto-optic medium section; and an image receiving section for detecting light condensed by the image formation lens system to output an electric signal.
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1. An acousto-optic imaging device, comprising:
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an acoustic wave source; an acoustic lens system for converting a scattered wave produced by irradiation of an object with an acoustic wave emitted from the acoustic wave source into a predetermined converged state; an acousto-optic medium section which is arranged such that a scattered wave transmitted through the acoustic lens system is incident on the acousto-optic medium section; a light source for emitting a light beam which is formed by a plurality of superposed monochromatic light rays traveling in different directions, the light beam being incident on the acousto-optic medium section at an angle which is neither perpendicular nor parallel to an acoustic axis of the acoustic lens system; an image formation lens system for condensing diffracted light of a plurality of the monochromatic plane wave light rays produced at the acousto-optic medium section; and an image receiving section for detecting light condensed by the image formation lens system to output an electric signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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