摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoacoustic imaging device capable of creating an image by efficiently utilizing an acquired detection signal.SOLUTION: A photoacoustic imaging device 100 comprises: a light source part 10 that includes a light emission semiconductor element 11b; a detection part 20 that detects an acoustic wave AW generated from a detection object Q in an analyte P that absorbs light from the light source part 10, and outputs a detection signal; a display part 40 that rewrites a screen 40a with a predetermined refresh rate and displays an image on the screen 40a; and a control part 30 that obtains a simple average of a detection signal from a detection signal first obtained in a period RC of the predetermined refresh rate to a last obtained detection signal to generate a simple average signal S, and generates an image to be displayed on the display part 40 on the basis of the simple average signal S.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 |